Acquired non-Chagas megacolon associated with the use of psychiatric medication: case report and differential diagnosis with Chagas megacolon Megacólon adquirido não chagásico associado ao uso de medicação psiquiátrica: relato de caso e diagnóstico diferencial com megacólon chagásico
A case of acquired megacolon in a 62-year-old man with acute abdomen due to sigmoid volvulus is reported. The case was associated with the use of psychiatric medications. The aim in this report was to emphasize the differential diagnosis with Chagas megacolon. Anatomopathological examination did not...
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| author | Sheila Jorge Adad Moisés Amâncio Souza Gisele Barbosa e Silva José do Carmo Junior Charles Antônio Pires de Godoy Adilha Misson Rua Micheletti |
| author_facet | Sheila Jorge Adad Moisés Amâncio Souza Gisele Barbosa e Silva José do Carmo Junior Charles Antônio Pires de Godoy Adilha Misson Rua Micheletti |
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| description | A case of acquired megacolon in a 62-year-old man with acute abdomen due to sigmoid volvulus is reported. The case was associated with the use of psychiatric medications. The aim in this report was to emphasize the differential diagnosis with Chagas megacolon. Anatomopathological examination did not show any evidence of denervation, ganglionitis and/or myositis, and the serological test for Chagas disease was negative.<br>Relata-se caso de megacólon adquirido, associado ao uso de medicamentos psiquiátricos, em homem de 62 anos, com abdome agudo por volvo de sigmóide, com o objetivo de destacar o diagnóstico diferencial de megacólon chagásico. O exame anátomo-patológico não evidenciou denervação, ganglionite e/ou miosite e a sorologia para doença de Chagas foi negativa. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-84a6a4eb2e9e4772940a125cf05f4cd12022-12-22T02:30:38ZengSociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT)Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical0037-86821678-98492008-06-0141329329510.1590/S0037-86822008000300013Acquired non-Chagas megacolon associated with the use of psychiatric medication: case report and differential diagnosis with Chagas megacolon Megacólon adquirido não chagásico associado ao uso de medicação psiquiátrica: relato de caso e diagnóstico diferencial com megacólon chagásicoSheila Jorge AdadMoisés Amâncio SouzaGisele Barbosa e SilvaJosé do Carmo JuniorCharles Antônio Pires de GodoyAdilha Misson Rua MichelettiA case of acquired megacolon in a 62-year-old man with acute abdomen due to sigmoid volvulus is reported. The case was associated with the use of psychiatric medications. The aim in this report was to emphasize the differential diagnosis with Chagas megacolon. Anatomopathological examination did not show any evidence of denervation, ganglionitis and/or myositis, and the serological test for Chagas disease was negative.<br>Relata-se caso de megacólon adquirido, associado ao uso de medicamentos psiquiátricos, em homem de 62 anos, com abdome agudo por volvo de sigmóide, com o objetivo de destacar o diagnóstico diferencial de megacólon chagásico. O exame anátomo-patológico não evidenciou denervação, ganglionite e/ou miosite e a sorologia para doença de Chagas foi negativa.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822008000300013Megacólon adquiridoMedicamentos psiquiátricosDoença de ChagasAcquired megacolonPsychiatric medicationsChagas disease |
| spellingShingle | Sheila Jorge Adad Moisés Amâncio Souza Gisele Barbosa e Silva José do Carmo Junior Charles Antônio Pires de Godoy Adilha Misson Rua Micheletti Acquired non-Chagas megacolon associated with the use of psychiatric medication: case report and differential diagnosis with Chagas megacolon Megacólon adquirido não chagásico associado ao uso de medicação psiquiátrica: relato de caso e diagnóstico diferencial com megacólon chagásico Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical Megacólon adquirido Medicamentos psiquiátricos Doença de Chagas Acquired megacolon Psychiatric medications Chagas disease |
| title | Acquired non-Chagas megacolon associated with the use of psychiatric medication: case report and differential diagnosis with Chagas megacolon Megacólon adquirido não chagásico associado ao uso de medicação psiquiátrica: relato de caso e diagnóstico diferencial com megacólon chagásico |
| title_full | Acquired non-Chagas megacolon associated with the use of psychiatric medication: case report and differential diagnosis with Chagas megacolon Megacólon adquirido não chagásico associado ao uso de medicação psiquiátrica: relato de caso e diagnóstico diferencial com megacólon chagásico |
| title_fullStr | Acquired non-Chagas megacolon associated with the use of psychiatric medication: case report and differential diagnosis with Chagas megacolon Megacólon adquirido não chagásico associado ao uso de medicação psiquiátrica: relato de caso e diagnóstico diferencial com megacólon chagásico |
| title_full_unstemmed | Acquired non-Chagas megacolon associated with the use of psychiatric medication: case report and differential diagnosis with Chagas megacolon Megacólon adquirido não chagásico associado ao uso de medicação psiquiátrica: relato de caso e diagnóstico diferencial com megacólon chagásico |
| title_short | Acquired non-Chagas megacolon associated with the use of psychiatric medication: case report and differential diagnosis with Chagas megacolon Megacólon adquirido não chagásico associado ao uso de medicação psiquiátrica: relato de caso e diagnóstico diferencial com megacólon chagásico |
| title_sort | acquired non chagas megacolon associated with the use of psychiatric medication case report and differential diagnosis with chagas megacolon megacolon adquirido nao chagasico associado ao uso de medicacao psiquiatrica relato de caso e diagnostico diferencial com megacolon chagasico |
| topic | Megacólon adquirido Medicamentos psiquiátricos Doença de Chagas Acquired megacolon Psychiatric medications Chagas disease |
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