Toxic Megacolon:

Terms Related to Toxic Megacolon

• Colitis

  Inflammation of the colon. (Dorland, 27th ed)

• Colorectal Neoplasm

  Tumors or cancer of the either the COLON or RECTUM or both. The most frequent malignant tumor in the United States. Etiological factors which increase ...

• Ulcerative Colitis

  Inflammatory disease of unknown cause which involves the mucosa of the colon. Onset may be acute and fulminant, and its course often continues chronically in ...

• Sclerosing Cholangitis

  Chronic, nonbacterial inflammatory narrowing of the bile ducts. About 50% of the cases are associated with ulcerative colitis. Treatment is to relieve the obstruction by ...