Unusual complication of toxic megacolon in typhoid colitis. 2014

Thirunavukkarasu Arun Babu, and Shanthi Ananthakrishnan, and P Jayakumar, and Poonam Kullu
Department of Pediatrics, Indira Gandhi Medical College and Research Institute (IGMC&RI), Pondicherry, 605 010, India, babuarun@yahoo.com.

Colitis is a rare manifestation of enteric fever in children. Toxic megacolon complicating typhoid colitis is even rarer and requires early recognition and aggressive management due to the high mortality associated with this condition. The authors report a rare case of Toxic megacolon secondary to typhoid colitis in a seven-year-old girl.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008532 Megacolon, Toxic An acute form of MEGACOLON, severe pathological dilatation of the COLON. It is associated with clinical conditions such as ULCERATIVE COLITIS; CROHN DISEASE; AMEBIC DYSENTERY; or CLOSTRIDIUM ENTEROCOLITIS. Toxic Megacolon
D002648 Child A person 6 to 12 years of age. An individual 2 to 5 years old is CHILD, PRESCHOOL. Children
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D014435 Typhoid Fever An acute systemic febrile infection caused by SALMONELLA TYPHI, a serotype of SALMONELLA ENTERICA. Enteric Fever,Typhus, Abdominal,Salmonella typhi Infection,Typhoid,Abdominal Typhus,Enteric Fevers,Fever, Enteric,Fever, Typhoid,Fevers, Enteric,Fevers, Typhoid,Infection, Salmonella typhi,Infections, Salmonella typhi,Salmonella typhi Infections,Typhoid Fevers,Typhoids

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