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Toxic dilatation of the colon in shigellosis.
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Segmented dilatation of the colon belongs to the group of poorly understood dysmotility disorders of colon related to Hirschsprung's disease but without abnormality of ganglion cells. Of the fourteen previously reported cases of segmental dilatation of colon in the English literature, only two had presented in the neonatal age(l,2). We report a similar case and highlight the features common to ...
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on the 17th July, 1927, with a history of extreme constipation alternating* with periods of diarrhoea, dating from birth. During the periods of constipation the abdomen would become very greatly distended and the child would vomit most of his feeds. Pressure on the abdjomen did not seem to be painful as he did not cry when this was applied. Each attack of constipation had been of increasing dur...
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the result of further observation in the Medical College Hospital under Major J. D. Sandes, i.m.s. Complaint.?No motion for six days and a dull heavy pain over the abdomen. History of present illness.?Dates back to the time when he was three years old. From this age onwards until he was twelve years old he suffered frequently from attacks of diarrhoea followed by constipation. He grew up as the...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Annals of Surgery
سال: 1939
ISSN: 0003-4932
DOI: 10.1097/00000658-193902000-00006