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Melanosis coli in the elderly: a look beyond what can be seen
- Source :
- BMC Surgery
- Publication Year :
- 2013
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Abstract
- Melanosis coli (MC) is a benign condition found in 1% of general population. It is associated with high intake of anthranoid laxatives [1]. We herein report two cases of elderly patients with MC in whom this condition masked underlying diseases.
- Subjects :
- Benign condition
medicine.medical_specialty
education.field_of_study
business.industry
Population
Sigmoid colon
melanosis coli
General Medicine
medicine.disease
Ulcerative colitis
humanities
Surgery
medicine.anatomical_structure
Meeting Abstract
Melanosis coli
medicine
Ileostomy closure
business
education
Anthranoid
Irritable bowel syndrome
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- BMC Surgery
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....e293fe52c42fcf7aa72b551a1e944771