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ArticleInternational journal of colorectal disease2020

Mega-megacolon: a case report.

Andreas Larentzakis, Adamantia Kalyva, Theodosios Kantas, Nikolaos V Michalopoulos, Constantinos G Zografos, Georgios C Zografos

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Article in International journal of colorectal disease, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1citing papers in PubMed
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 47% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 1 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Idiopathic Megacolon-Short Review.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Andreas Larentzakis1st Department of Propaedeutic Surgery, Athens Medical School, Hippocration General Athens Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 114 Vasilissis Sofias Avenue, 115 27, Athens, Greece.
Adamantia Kalyva1st Department of Propaedeutic Surgery, Athens Medical School, Hippocration General Athens Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 114 Vasilissis Sofias Avenue, 115 27, Athens, Greece. adamantia.kv@gmail.com.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2135-1320
Theodosios Kantas1st Department of Propaedeutic Surgery, Athens Medical School, Hippocration General Athens Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 114 Vasilissis Sofias Avenue, 115 27, Athens, Greece.
Nikolaos V Michalopoulos1st Department of Propaedeutic Surgery, Athens Medical School, Hippocration General Athens Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 114 Vasilissis Sofias Avenue, 115 27, Athens, Greece.
Constantinos G Zografos1st Department of Surgery, Athens Medical School, Laikon General Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 17 Ag. Thoma Str., Goudi, Athens, Greece.
Georgios C Zografos1st Department of Propaedeutic Surgery, Athens Medical School, Hippocration General Athens Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 114 Vasilissis Sofias Avenue, 115 27, Athens, Greece.
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens · GR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeLarge bowel obstruction and megacolon formation secondary to complicated diverticulitis is rare.

methodsWe present a case of an 84-year-old woman surviving large bowel obstruction and mega-megacolon formation secondary to complicated diverticulitis, with an impressive presentation of abdominal distention.

resultsThe patient's symptoms, laboratory test results, and imaging were consistent with large bowel obstruction. The patient underwent urgent exploratory laparotomy. Upon entry in the abdomen, it was unexpected that the extreme colonic wall thickening had prevented perforation, indicating the longtime course of illness. The biopsy of the specimen from the site of the obstruction demonstrated an inflammatory obstructing mass.

conclusionThis report aims to point out the atypical and in-extremes presentation of an otherwise common disease.

Indexed as

DiverticulitisIntestinal ObstructionMegacolonAged, 80 and overFemaleHumansLaparotomyComplicated diverticulitisLarge bowel obstructionMegacolonStricture

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PMID32447480
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