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Abstract
Functional obstruction of the COLON leading to MEGACOLON in the absence of obvious COLONIC DISEASES or mechanical obstruction. When this condition is acquired, acute, and coexisting with another medical condition (trauma, surgery, serious injuries or illness, or medication), it is called Ogilvie's syndrome.
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- Pseudo-Obstruction, Colonic
- Pseudoobstruction, Colonic
- Colonic Pseudo Obstruction
- Colonic Pseudoobstruction
- Ogilvie Disease
- Ogilvie Syndrome
- Ogilvie's Syndrome
- Syndrome, Ogilvie
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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91(87); was see under INTESTINAL PSEUDO-OBSTRUCTION 1987-90
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- Colonic Diseases (1966-1986)
- Intestinal Obstruction (1966-1986)
- Intestinal Pseudo-Obstruction, Idiopathic (1981-1986)
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- National Library of Medicine. Colonic Pseudo-Obstruction. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D003112. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D003112
- Colonic Pseudo-Obstruction. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18556105