PSEUDO-MEGACOLON
Authors: ALBERT  OPPENHEIMER
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1940)

Article1 May 1940PSEUDO-MEGACOLONALBERT OPPENHEIMER, M.D.ALBERT OPPENHEIMER, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-13-11-2128 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptIMegacolon is recognized, either clinically by the severe constipation it causes; or roentgenologically, by the increase in size and capacity of the colon. It is noteworthy, however, that extreme enlargement, as revealed by opaque enema, may not be found again on subsequent examinations4, 13; such instances are due to acute intestinal atony, which occurs, for example, in renal colic, and may be produced experimentally in man by distention of the renal pelvis.13Clinically, this transient disturbance has been known for a long time.11It does not show itself by definite symptoms, since the colon regains normal tone in the...References1. ALVAREZFREEDLANDER WCBL: The rate of progress of food residue through the bowel, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1924, lxxxiii, 576. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. BARCLAY AE: The digestive tract, 2d Ed., 1936, Macmillan Co., Cambridge, p. 170. Google Scholar3. BARCLAY AE: It is very, very wrong to doubt what nobody is sure about, Kansas City Med. Jr., 1938, xiv, 5. Google Scholar4. BERNSTEIN BM: A case of infectious ileus or pseudo-megacolon (Hirschsprung), Am. Jr. Roentgenol., 1927, xviii, 53. Google Scholar5. CASE JT: X-ray observations on colonic peristalsis, Proc. 17th Internat. Congr. Med., London, 1913. Google Scholar6. CUNNINGHAM DJ: A large subarachnoid cyst involving the greater part of the parietal lobe of the brain, Jr. Anat. and Physiol., 1879, xiii, 508, quoted by KNAGGS.10 Google Scholar7. CUSHINGDAVIDOFF HLM: Pathological findings in four autopsied cases of acromegaly, Rockefeller Monogr. 22, 1937. Google Scholar8. HOLZKNECHT G: Die normale Peristaltik des Colon, München. med. Wchnschr., 1909, lii, 2401. Google Scholar9. HURST AF: An address on the sphincters of the alimentary canal and their clinical significance, Brit. Med. Jr., 1925, i, 145. CrossrefGoogle Scholar10. KNAGGS RL: Acromegaly, Brit. Jr. Surg., 1935, xxiii, 69. CrossrefGoogle Scholar11. NOTHNAGEL H: Diseases of the intestines and peritoneum, 1904, W. B. Saunders and Co., Philadelphia, p. 587. Google Scholar12. OPPENHEIMER A: Concerning the action of post-pituitary extracts upon gas in the intestines, Acta Radiol., 1937, xviii, 491. Google Scholar13. OPPENHEIMER A: Acute transient intestinal atony, 5th Internat. Congr. Radiol., Chicago, 1937. Google Scholar14. OPPENHEIMER A: Physiologie der Dickdarmmotorik, Klin. Wchnschr., 1931, x, 201. Der Dickdarm, in: BECKER, R., and OPPENHEIMER, A.: Normale und pathologische Funktionen der Verdauungsorgane im Röntgenbild, 1931, Thieme, Leipzig. CrossrefGoogle Scholar15. TODD TW: Behaviour patterns of the alimentary tract, 1930, Williams and Wilkins Co., Baltimore. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Beirut, Lebanon,*Received for publication September 6, 1938.From the Department of Roentgenology, American University of Beirut. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics 1 May 1940Volume 13, Issue 11Page: 2128-2133KeywordsColonConstipationMegacolon ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 May 1940 PDF downloadLoading ...