Open AccessSegmental Dilation of the Colon: Support for a Muscle Wall Etiology
Author(s) -
David Waldron,
Kenneth L. Bowes,
Laurence D. Jewell
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
canadian journal of gastroenterology and hepatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2291-2797
pISSN - 2291-2789
DOI - 10.1155/1989/205607
Subject(s) - etiology , pathological , dilation (metric space) , medicine , constipation , chronic constipation , gastroenterology , pathology , mathematics , geometry
A patient with segmental dilatation of the colon who presentedwith chronic constipation is reported. A review of previous cases of this rarelyreported condition and the typical features of the disorder is presented. A possiblecontributing factor to its etiology is proposed on the basis of a pathologicalappearance of the colonic muscle wall not previously described
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