Megacolon due to Chronic Schistosomiasis: A Case Report and Review of Literature

Although Schistosoma infection in humans commonly involves the intestines, megacolon is a rare finding. We report a 47-year-old patient who was found to have chronic megacolon. After failing conservative management, he underwent extended hemicolectomy with colorectal anastomosis. The colon pathology...

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Autores principales: Alzahrani, Amer R., Alawfi, Homoud, Almeman, Sara, Altayeb, Thamer, Al-Dorzi, Hasan M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2019
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6431392/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30963015
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/4036823

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6431392/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30963015
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/4036823

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