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Toxic megacolon may be classified according to etiology into two groups including toxic megacolon associated with inflammatory bowel disease and toxic megacolon associated with Clostridium difficile pseudomembranous colitis. | Toxic megacolon may be classified according to etiology into two groups including toxic megacolon associated with inflammatory bowel disease and toxic megacolon associated with Clostridium difficile pseudomembranous colitis. | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Farima Kahe M.D. [2]
Overview
Toxic megacolon may be classified according to etiology into two groups including toxic megacolon associated with inflammatory bowel disease and toxic megacolon associated with Clostridium difficile pseudomembranous colitis.
Classification
- There is no established system for the classification of toxic megacolon but it may be classified according to etiology into 2 groups:[1][2]
- 1. Toxic megacolon associated with inflammatory bowel disease
- 1.1. Toxic megacolon associated with ulcerative colitis
- 1.2. Toxic megacolon associated with Crohn's disease
- 2. Toxic megacolon associated with Clostridium difficile pseudomembranous colitis
- 1. Toxic megacolon associated with inflammatory bowel disease