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. 1987 Dec;63(746):1103–1104. doi: 10.1136/pgmj.63.746.1103

Toxic megacolon in cryptosporidiosis.

G M Connolly 1, B G Gazzard 1
PMCID: PMC2428566  PMID: 3451242

Abstract

A 33 year old man with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome developed a toxic megacolon. The patient was admitted with a two month history of diarrhoea. Cryptosporidia were isolated from all stool specimens. Clinically and radiographically he developed toxic dilatation of the colon which responded to conservative management.

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