1 hr 17 min ago, -3/+1What do you call a megacolon after 63 days?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Original Signal - Transmitting Digg] Reference

It can be severe, causing toxic megacolon, and even fatal.    From Wordnik.com.  [davidrothman.net » Medstory: Not even close.] Reference

In small children doctors sometimes diagnose cases of megacolon with unknown origin.    From Wordnik.com.  [Aniridia] Reference

Now, this is no big thing for us; when he first developed megacolon he was throwing up all the time.    From Wordnik.com.  [September 9th, 2008] Reference

Gastrointestinal system: Malabsorption syndromes, gastric and duodenal ulcers, ulcerative colitis, megacolon, colostomy.    From Wordnik.com.  [Clinical Work with Adolescents] Reference

Experimental studies in mice have shown that disturbances in homeotic genes can cause a malformation of the colon called megacolon.    From Wordnik.com.  [Aniridia] Reference

What the doctor didn't know was that we'd been living with the megacolon for eight or nine years and managing it, rather successfully, with diet.    From Wordnik.com.  [January 22nd, 2009] Reference

Infants less than a month old who have constipation should be seen by a physician to rule out megacolon, a condition in which peristalsis does not occur.    From Wordnik.com.  [THE NATURAL REMEDY BIBLE] Reference

I had spent the month rotating through the ICU, and that morning, had watched a young woman, Melanie, die of toxic megacolon, a complication of c. difficile colitis.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lisa Rosenbaum, M.D.: Treating Patients With Antibiotics] Reference

She laid out how ill he was, how they could give him a transfusion but it would only be a temporary measure and might not even work, and even if they did sort him out his quality of life, what with the megacolon and the inflammatory bowel disease and the thing with his liver and the thing with his pancreas, wouldn't be so good.    From Wordnik.com.  [January 22nd, 2009] Reference

The remaining 5. 5% affects the esophagus (megaesophagus) or the colon (megacolon).    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference

The patient was scheduled for elective surgical resection of the redundant megacolon.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS Medicine: New Articles] Reference

Mya reports two cases of congenital dilatation and hypertrophy of the colon (megacolon congenito).    From Wordnik.com.  [Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine] Reference

Mya 6.285 reports two cases of congenital dilatation and hypertrophy of the colon (megacolon congenito).    From Wordnik.com.  [Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine] Reference

Functional diseases: functional obstructive bowel diseases, congenital or acquired aganglionosis, Ogilvie syndrome, megacolon, irritable bowel disease.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS Medicine: New Articles] Reference

CDAD encompasses a spectrum of diseases ranging from mild-to-severe diarrhea to potentially life-threatening complications such as toxic megacolon and sepsis.    From Wordnik.com.  [Business Wire Travel News] Reference

Clostridium difficile is a major cause of healthcare-associated infections, notably antibiotic-associated diarrhea, pseudomembranous colitis and toxic megacolon.    From Wordnik.com.  [All - WTN News] Reference

After discharge, he underwent elective surgical resection of the redundant megacolon with planned primary anastomosis, and he had an uneventful postoperative course.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS Medicine: New Articles] Reference

In patients with constipation associated with a sigmoid redundant megacolon, colonic volvulus can develop, with possible progression to bowel wall ischaemia and perforation.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS Medicine: New Articles] Reference

The congenital anomalies seen in pregnancies with estimated onset within 30 days of vaccination included pyloric stenosis, congenital megacolon, congenital hydronephrosis, hip dysplasia, and club foot.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

Hirschsprung's Disease, also known as congenital megacolon or aganglionic megacolon is an abnormality in which the parasympathetic ganglion cells, (which control colon motility) are not developed within the colon walls in the early embryonic stages of development.    From Wordnik.com.  [BellaOnline - The Voice of Women] Reference

33 minutes ago, -0/+1A megacolon is an emergency, and would be triaged and treated quite quickly through the ER.    From Wordnik.com.  [Original Signal - Transmitting Digg] Reference