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Revista Colombiana de Cirugía
Print version ISSN 2011-7582On-line version ISSN 2619-6107
Abstract
MERA-MARTINEZ, Paulo Francisco; RIVAS-GOYES, Jesús Alexander and PORTILLO-MINO, José Darío. Megadolicocolon with unusual presentation in an elderly patient: a case report. rev. colomb. cir. [online]. 2020, vol.35, n.4, pp.695-698. Epub Feb 15, 2021. ISSN 2011-7582. https://doi.org/10.30944/20117582.487.
Megadolichocolon is an unusual pathology of not well clarified etiology. It seems to be of congenital origin and occurs frequently in newborns and infants with colon volvulus. Its incidence varies between 1.9% and 28.5%. This case report is exceptional because it presents with an aggressive evolution and behavior of the disease, since it is an elderly patient, with a history of sigmoidopexy and a clinical evolution of 7 months consisting of chronic constipation and diffuse exacerbation of disabling abdominal pain, who required an emergency surgical procedure for its management.
Keywords : colon; megacolon; intestinal volvulus; abdomen, acute.