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Unusual presentation of more common disease/injury
A life-threatening complication of undiagnosed congenital idiopathic megacolon
  1. Syed Kabeer1,
  2. Lee Dvorkin1,
  3. James Carrannante2,
  4. Ian Linehan1
  1. 1Department of Surgery, Basildon & Thurrock University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Basildon, UK
  2. 2Department of Anaesthesia and Critical Care, Basildon & Thurrock University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Basildon, UK
  1. Correspondence to Syed Kabeer, syedkabeer{at}yahoo.com

Summary

A case of undiagnosed congenital idiopathic megacolon in a 16-year-old boy who presented with toxic megacolon and cardiovascular instability with a background of longstanding constipation is presented. He underwent life-saving subtotal colectomy from which he made a full recovery.

https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr.04.2010.2888

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    • Competing interests None.

    • Patient consent Obtained.