megacolon/fever

A 40-year-old man with bacteriologically documented typhoid fever who was receiving correct antibiotic treatment developed toxic megacolon. Because of progressive clinical deterioration, the patient underwent surgical treatment, with quick postoperative improvement while receiving antibiotics and

OBJECTIVE Enterocolitis remains the most significant cause of morbidity and mortality in Hirschsprung disease (HD). It could progress into toxic megacolon (TM)-acute dilatation of the colon as accompanying toxic complication of Hirschsprung enterocolitis. It is a devastating complication, especially

BACKGROUND Toxic megacolon (TMC) denotes a rare clinical syndrome accompanied by colonic dilatation, and is a serious complication of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). This study assessed the clinical and radiologic characteristics of TMC in children with IBD. METHODS A systematic search identified

We report about a forty year old female patient with severe bloody diarrhoea and fever over a period of 14 days due to an infection with Salmonella enteritidis. X-ray of the abdomen showed a toxic megacolon. With the diagnosis of an infectious colitis we started therapy with ciprofloxacin i/v. The

We introduce a young patient, without history of inflammatory bowel disease (I.B.D.) who started with an acute gastroenteritis, which in the following days progressed to a toxic megacolon. The patient had come to hospital with nausea, vomiting, fever and liquid, explosive diarrhoea without

Toxic megacolon is a rare but typical complication of ulcerative colitis. But also every inflammatory bowel disease may be cause of toxic megacolon, including especially Crohn's colitis and pseudomembranous colitis (PMC). There is to mention, that PMC becomes more frequent and more important in the

A case of a compromised host with myeloproliferative syndrome who presented with severe, relentless but nonbloody diarrhea, fever, severe colitis, and toxic megacolon is presented. Blood cultures grew out Campylobacter fetus ssp. fetus. Specific treatment with erythromycin reversed the grave

A 38-year-old man with a ten year long history of primary sclerosing cholangitis without previous symptoms of inflammatory bowel disease was admitted to hospital after a few weeks with abdominal pain, diarrhoea and fever. A computed tomography revealed that the colon was dilated to a diameter of 17

A 72-year-old woman without significant medical history was admitted with abdominal pain, high fever, leukocytosis, bloody diarrhea and marked dilation of the transverse, descending and sigmoid colon. Toxic megacolon was diagnosed and responded well to medical treatment. Seven weeks after her

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

A 78-year-old male without pre-existing comorbidity who underwent revision of a hip arthroplasty developed abdominal pain and distension, diarrhoeas, pyrexia and leucocytosis after only 5 days' postoperative treatment with cefuroxime and gentamycine. Abdominal computed tomography demonstrated severe

Intestinal perforation, a life-threatening complication of toxic megacolon (TM) following non-typhoid Salmonella infection, is relatively uncommon in infants less than 1 year of age. The situation, also found in typhoid fever, appears to be cytokine-mediated. This finding may justify immunotherapy

OBJECTIVE Toxic megacolon is a rare complication of pseudomembranous enterocolitis. We reviewed our recent experience with this complication. METHODS The first five patients of the series were studied retrospectively, and six others were followed prospectively. RESULTS Between June 1992 and May

We present a rare case of toxic megacolon accompanied by necrosis of the colon due to chronic dilation caused by stenosis of the sigmoid colon as a complication of diverticulitis. The patient presented at the emergency department with diffuse abdominal pain, fever (38.8°C) and tachycardia (120