Idiopathic Proximal Hemimegacolon in an Adult Woman

Idiopathic proximal hemimegacolon is a disorder characterized by bowel dilatation proximal to the splenic flexure. It is a very rare and therefore a poorly understood clinical entity. This report describes a case of idiopathic proximal hemimegacolon in a 44-year-old woman. The patient suffered from...

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Autores principales: Noh, Jung Won, Rhee, Poong-Lyul, Son, Seo Young, Ok, Chang Soo, Lee, Gayeon, Min, Byung-Hoon
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Korean Society of Neurogastroenterology and Motility 2010
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2879836/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20535353
http://dx.doi.org/10.5056/jnm.2010.16.2.203
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author Noh, Jung Won
Rhee, Poong-Lyul
Son, Seo Young
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Lee, Gayeon
Min, Byung-Hoon
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description Idiopathic proximal hemimegacolon is a disorder characterized by bowel dilatation proximal to the splenic flexure. It is a very rare and therefore a poorly understood clinical entity. This report describes a case of idiopathic proximal hemimegacolon in a 44-year-old woman. The patient suffered from 2 episodes of constipation and bowel dilatation over 4 years and was successfully treated by medical therapy.
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spelling pubmed-28798362010-06-09 Idiopathic Proximal Hemimegacolon in an Adult Woman Noh, Jung Won Rhee, Poong-Lyul Son, Seo Young Ok, Chang Soo Lee, Gayeon Min, Byung-Hoon J Neurogastroenterol Motil Case Report Idiopathic proximal hemimegacolon is a disorder characterized by bowel dilatation proximal to the splenic flexure. It is a very rare and therefore a poorly understood clinical entity. This report describes a case of idiopathic proximal hemimegacolon in a 44-year-old woman. The patient suffered from 2 episodes of constipation and bowel dilatation over 4 years and was successfully treated by medical therapy. Korean Society of Neurogastroenterology and Motility 2010-04 2010-04-27 /pmc/articles/PMC2879836/ /pubmed/20535353 http://dx.doi.org/10.5056/jnm.2010.16.2.203 Text en Copyright © 2010 Korean Society of Neurogastroenterology and Motility http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_full Idiopathic Proximal Hemimegacolon in an Adult Woman
title_fullStr Idiopathic Proximal Hemimegacolon in an Adult Woman
title_full_unstemmed Idiopathic Proximal Hemimegacolon in an Adult Woman
title_short Idiopathic Proximal Hemimegacolon in an Adult Woman
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