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ArticleBMJ case reports2019

Constipation with megacolon in a 36-year-old man: a rare presentation of MEN2B from Sri Lanka.

Ashan Rabinath Fernando, Dharmabandhu Nandadeva Samarasekera, Rasika Pivithuru Bulathsinghela

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Article in BMJ case reports, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 35% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Ashan Rabinath FernandoSurgery, University Surgical Unit, National Hospital of Sri Lanka, Colombo, Sri Lanka.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0562-8564
Dharmabandhu Nandadeva SamarasekeraSurgery, University of Colombo Faculty of Medicine, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Rasika Pivithuru BulathsinghelaSurgery, University Surgical Unit, National Hospital of Sri Lanka, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
National Hospital of Sri Lanka · LKUniversity of Colombo · LK

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Diffuse intestinal ganglioneuromatosis is a rare condition associated with MEN2B. It is also seen in conditions like neurofibromatosis type 1 and Cowden syndrome. This is a report of a patient who underwent total colectomy with end ileostomy creation for a megacolon. He was diagnosed to have diffuse ganglioneuromatosis on histological examination of the resected segment of colon. The definitive management of diffuse ganglioneuromatosis is to resect and anastomose.

Indexed as

AdultAftercareConstipationDiagnosis, DifferentialDigestive System NeoplasmsGanglioneuromaHumansLaparotomyMaleMegacolonMultiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 2bRare DiseasesSri LankaTreatment Outcomegastrointestinal surgerythyroid disease

Identifiers

PMID30642858
PMCPMC6340592
OpenAlexW2911028870

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