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Idiopathic myenteric ganglionitis as a cause of death in a young male patient with sudden abdominal pain: an autopsy case report
- Source :
- International Journal of Colorectal Disease. 35:1801-1805
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2020.
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Abstract
- Myenteric ganglionitis is a disorder that causes intestinal motor dysfunction. It may be caused due to neoplastic, central nervous system, or systemic infectious disorders. However, some cases are considered to be idiopathic in origin. A 33-year-old man was admitted to the hospital with sudden severe abdominal pain accompanied by watery diarrhea. Computed tomography imaging revealed edema of the entire small intestinal wall without ischemic changes. Detailed examination could not be performed for identifying the cause of abdominal pain because of the patient’s worsened general condition, and he died 7 days after onset. The autopsy results confirmed the cause of the patient’s severe abdominal pain as an idiopathic myenteric ganglionitis. Some patients with idiopathic myenteric ganglionitis might die without a definitive diagnosis during their lifetime because of the rarity of this disease. When encountering severe intestinal motility abnormalities of unknown cause, physicians should consider idiopathic myenteric ganglionitis when choosing therapy.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
Intestinal pseudo-obstruction
medicine.medical_specialty
Abdominal pain
Myenteric Plexus
Autopsy
Disease
Gastroenterology
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Cause of Death
Internal medicine
Edema
medicine
Humans
Young male
Cause of death
business.industry
Hepatology
medicine.disease
Abdominal Pain
030220 oncology & carcinogenesis
030211 gastroenterology & hepatology
medicine.symptom
Gastrointestinal Motility
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 14321262 and 01791958
- Volume :
- 35
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- International Journal of Colorectal Disease
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....d35680d694a9641fb2089c6fa3174c0b