Toxic colonoscopy--how investigating active inflammatory bowel disease can lead to the serious complication of toxic megacolon

BMJ Case Rep. 2015 Jul 22:2015:bcr2015209769. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2015-209769.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Cathartics / adverse effects
  • Colitis, Ulcerative / complications*
  • Colitis, Ulcerative / diagnosis*
  • Colonoscopy / adverse effects*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Megacolon, Toxic / etiology*

Substances

  • Cathartics