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BMJ Case Rep. 2010; 2010: bcr0420102888.
Published online 2010 August 26. doi:  10.1136/bcr.04.2010.2888
PMCID: PMC3029571
Copyright 2010 BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
Unusual presentation of more common disease/injury
A life-threatening complication of undiagnosed congenital idiopathic megacolon
Syed Kabeer,1 Lee Dvorkin,1 James Carrannante,2 and Ian Linehan1
1Department of Surgery, Basildon & Thurrock University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Basildon, UK
2Department of Anaesthesia and Critical Care, Basildon & Thurrock University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Basildon, UK
Correspondence to Syed Kabeer, syedkabeer/at/yahoo.com
Abstract
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.
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