Mesh term Megacolon
Browse to parent terms:Colonic Diseases
Description
Dilatation of the COLON, often to alarming dimensions. There are various types of megacolon including congenital megacolon in HIRSCHSPRUNG DISEASE, idiopathic megacolon in CONSTIPATION, and TOXIC MEGACOLON.Browse to child terms:
Hirschsprung Disease
Megacolon, Toxic
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