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Common causes of toxic megacolon include: | Common causes of toxic megacolon include: | ||
* Inflammatory | * Inflammatory | ||
**[[Ulcerative colitis]] | **[[Ulcerative colitis]] | ||
**[[Crohn disease]] | **[[Crohn disease]] | ||
**Behçet disease | **Behçet disease | ||
* Infectoius | * Infectoius | ||
** Bacterial | ** Bacterial | ||
*** Clostridium difficile | *** Clostridium difficile | ||
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***Campylobacter | ***Campylobacter | ||
***Escherichia coli | ***Escherichia coli | ||
**Viral | **Viral | ||
***Cytomegalovirus | ***Cytomegalovirus | ||
***Rotavirus | ***Rotavirus | ||
**Parasitic | **Parasitic | ||
***Entamoeba | ***Entamoeba | ||
***Cryptosporidium | ***Cryptosporidium | ||
*Ischemic colitis | *Ischemic colitis | ||
*Kaposi sarcoma | *Kaposi sarcoma | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief:
Overview
Disease name] may be caused by [cause1], [cause2], or [cause3].
OR
Common causes of [disease] include [cause1], [cause2], and [cause3].
OR
The most common cause of [disease name] is [cause 1]. Less common causes of [disease name] include [cause 2], [cause 3], and [cause 4].
OR
The cause of [disease name] has not been identified. To review risk factors for the development of [disease name], click here.
Causes
Life-threatening Causes
- Life-threatening causes of [symptom/manifestation] include [cause1], [cause2], and [cause3].
- [Cause] is a life-threatening cause of [disease].
Common Causes
Common causes of toxic megacolon include:
- Inflammatory
- Ulcerative colitis
- Crohn disease
- Behçet disease
- Infectoius
- Bacterial
- Clostridium difficile
- Salmonella
- Shigella
- Yersinia
- Campylobacter
- Escherichia coli
- Viral
- Cytomegalovirus
- Rotavirus
- Parasitic
- Entamoeba
- Cryptosporidium
- Bacterial
- Ischemic colitis
- Kaposi sarcoma
Less Common Causes
Less common causes of disease name include:
- [Cause1]
- [Cause2]
- [Cause3]
Genetic Causes
- [Disease name] is caused by a mutation in the [gene name] gene.
Causes by Organ System
| Cardiovascular | No underlying causes |
| Chemical/Poisoning | No underlying causes |
| Dental | No underlying causes |
| Dermatologic | No underlying causes |
| Drug Side Effect | No underlying causes |
| Ear Nose Throat | No underlying causes |
| Endocrine | No underlying causes |
| Environmental | No underlying causes |
| Gastroenterologic | No underlying causes |
| Genetic | No underlying causes |
| Hematologic | No underlying causes |
| Iatrogenic | No underlying causes |
| Infectious Disease | No underlying causes |
| Musculoskeletal/Orthopedic | No underlying causes |
| Neurologic | No underlying causes |
| Nutritional/Metabolic | No underlying causes |
| Obstetric/Gynecologic | No underlying causes |
| Oncologic | No underlying causes |
| Ophthalmologic | No underlying causes |
| Overdose/Toxicity | No underlying causes |
| Psychiatric | No underlying causes |
| Pulmonary | No underlying causes |
| Renal/Electrolyte | No underlying causes |
| Rheumatology/Immunology/Allergy | No underlying causes |
| Sexual | No underlying causes |
| Trauma | No underlying causes |
| Urologic | No underlying causes |
| Miscellaneous | No underlying causes |
Causes in Alphabetical Order
List the causes of the disease in alphabetical order.