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Megacolon
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MeSH Heading
Megacolon
Tree Number(s)
C06.405.469.158.701
Unique ID
D008531
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D008531
Scope Note
Dilatation of the
COLON
, often to alarming dimensions. There are various types of megacolon including congenital megacolon in
HIRSCHSPRUNG DISEASE
, idiopathic megacolon in
CONSTIPATION
, and
TOXIC MEGACOLON
.
NLM Classification #
WI 528
Entry Combination
congenital:Hirschsprung Disease
Date Established
1966/01/01
Date of Entry
1999/01/01
Revision Date
2003/07/09
Entry Combination
congenital:Hirschsprung Disease
Allowable Qualifiers
blood (BL)
cerebrospinal fluid (CF)
chemically induced (CI)
classification (CL)
complications (CO)
diagnosis (DI)
diagnostic imaging (DG)
diet therapy (DH)
drug therapy (DT)
economics (EC)
embryology (EM)
enzymology (EN)
epidemiology (EP)
ethnology (EH)
etiology (ET)
genetics (GE)
history (HI)
immunology (IM)
metabolism (ME)
microbiology (MI)
mortality (MO)
nursing (NU)
parasitology (PS)
pathology (PA)
physiopathology (PP)
prevention & control (PC)
psychology (PX)
radiotherapy (RT)
rehabilitation (RH)
surgery (SU)
therapy (TH)
urine (UR)
veterinary (VE)
virology (VI)
Digestive System Diseases [C06]
Gastrointestinal Diseases [C06.405]
Intestinal Diseases [C06.405.469]
Colonic Diseases [C06.405.469.158]
Chilaiditi Syndrome [C06.405.469.158.093]
Colitis [C06.405.469.158.188]
Colonic Diseases, Functional [C06.405.469.158.272]
Colorectal Neoplasms [C06.405.469.158.356]
Diverticulosis, Colonic [C06.405.469.158.587]
Low Anterior Resection Syndrome [C06.405.469.158.644]
Megacolon [C06.405.469.158.701]
Hirschsprung Disease [C06.405.469.158.701.439]
Megacolon, Toxic [C06.405.469.158.701.591]
Sigmoid Diseases [C06.405.469.158.850]
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Megacolon
Preferred
Concept UI
M0013292
Scope Note
Dilatation of the
COLON
, often to alarming dimensions. There are various types of megacolon including congenital megacolon in
HIRSCHSPRUNG DISEASE
, idiopathic megacolon in
CONSTIPATION
, and
TOXIC MEGACOLON
.
Terms
Megacolon
Preferred Term
Term UI
T025400
Date
01/01/1999
LexicalTag
NON
ThesaurusID
NLM (1966)
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