Organic constipation in adults

1 May 1977

journal article
case report
Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in British Journal of Surgery

Vol. 64 (5) , 313-314
https://doi.org/10.1002/bjs.1800640504

Abstract

Four cases of non-Hirschsprung megacolon in adults are presented. The histology of the myenteric plexus suggests that this may be an anomaly of development.

Keywords

CONSTIPATION
HIRSCHSPRUNG
MEGACOLON
HISTOLOGY
MYENTERIC
ANOMALY
PLEXUS
FOUR CASES
ADULTS FOUR

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Functional intestinal obstruction due to deficiency of argyrophil neurones in the myenteric plexus. Familial syndrome presenting with short small bowel, malrotation, and pyloric hypertrophy.
Archives of Disease in Childhood, 1976