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==Associated Conditions==
==Associated Conditions==
Conditions associated with toxic megacolon include:<ref name="pmid7352781">{{cite journal |vauthors=Grieco MB, Bordan DL, Geiss AC, Beil AR |title=Toxic megacolon complicating Crohn's colitis |journal=Ann. Surg. |volume=191 |issue=1 |pages=75–80 |year=1980 |pmid=7352781 |pmc=1344622 |doi= |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid22009735">{{cite journal |vauthors=Autenrieth DM, Baumgart DC |title=Toxic megacolon |journal=Inflamm. Bowel Dis. |volume=18 |issue=3 |pages=584–91 |year=2012 |pmid=22009735 |doi=10.1002/ibd.21847 |url=}}</ref><ref name="AutenriethBaumgart2012">{{cite journal|last1=Autenrieth|first1=Daniel M.|last2=Baumgart|first2=Daniel C.|title=Toxic megacolon|journal=Inflammatory Bowel Diseases|volume=18|issue=3|year=2012|pages=584–591|issn=1078-0998|doi=10.1002/ibd.21847}}</ref><ref name="pmid14122466">{{cite journal |vauthors=SILVERBERG D, ROGERS AG |title=TOXIC MEGACOLON IN ULCERATIVE COLITIS |journal=Can Med Assoc J |volume=90 |issue= |pages=357–63 |year=1964 |pmid=14122466 |pmc=1922240 |doi= |url=}}</ref>
Conditions associated with toxic megacolon include:<ref name="pmid7352781">{{cite journal |vauthors=Grieco MB, Bordan DL, Geiss AC, Beil AR |title=Toxic megacolon complicating Crohn's colitis |journal=Ann. Surg. |volume=191 |issue=1 |pages=75–80 |year=1980 |pmid=7352781 |pmc=1344622 |doi= |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid22009735">{{cite journal |vauthors=Autenrieth DM, Baumgart DC |title=Toxic megacolon |journal=Inflamm. Bowel Dis. |volume=18 |issue=3 |pages=584–91 |year=2012 |pmid=22009735 |doi=10.1002/ibd.21847 |url=}}</ref><ref name="AutenriethBaumgart2012">{{cite journal|last1=Autenrieth|first1=Daniel M.|last2=Baumgart|first2=Daniel C.|title=Toxic megacolon|journal=Inflammatory Bowel Diseases|volume=18|issue=3|year=2012|pages=584–591|issn=1078-0998|doi=10.1002/ibd.21847}}</ref><ref name="pmid14122466">{{cite journal |vauthors=SILVERBERG D, ROGERS AG |title=TOXIC MEGACOLON IN ULCERATIVE COLITIS |journal=Can Med Assoc J |volume=90 |issue= |pages=357–63 |year=1964 |pmid=14122466 |pmc=1922240 |doi= |url=}}</ref><ref name="CollierWylie1971">{{cite journal|last1=Collier|first1=Richard L.|last2=Wylie|first2=John H.|last3=Gomez|first3=Jorge|title=Toxic megacolon|journal=The American Journal of Surgery|volume=121|issue=3|year=1971|pages=283–288|issn=00029610|doi=10.1016/0002-9610(71)90205-4}}</ref>
*[[Inflammatory bowel disease]]
*[[Inflammatory bowel disease]]
**[[Ulcerative colitis]]
**[[Ulcerative colitis]]

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Role of smooth muscles

  • There is a strong association between inflammatory conditions of the colon and decreased smooth muscle contractility.

Smooth muscle contraction in toxic megacolon

  • It is believed that toxic megacolon is the result of defective smooth muscle contraction, decreased basal pressure in the colonic lumen, and an inhibited gastro-colic reflex is caused by changes in colonic response to vasoactive intestinal polypeptide, substance P, neurotensin, leukotrienes, and nitric oxide.[1][2][3][4]

Role of nitric oxide (NO)

  • The progression of inflammatory bowel disease to toxic megacolon is usually caused by soluble inflammatory mediators, that has downstream inhibitory effects on colonic muscle tone. Nitric oxide is the the most important nonadrenergic, noncholinergic neurotransmitter that induces colonic smooth muscle relaxation.[4][5][6][7][8][2]

Progression of toxic megacolon

  • The inflammatory process in toxic megacolon extends up to muscularis propria when compared to uncomplicated ulcerative colitis (limited to superfacial layer of submucosa).[9][10]
  • The depth of inflammation is known to correlate with the extent of colonic dilatation.[6][11][12]

Associated Conditions

Conditions associated with toxic megacolon include:[13][14][15][16][17]

Gross Pathology

  • Gross pathology of toxic megacolon include:[18][19]
    • Dilated colon
    • Eroded mucosa
    • Diffuse ulcerations
    • Raised mucosal nodules
    • Yellowish-white superficial plaques with normal intervening mucosa (typical pseudomembrane appearance)
    • Extensive denudation
Gross pathology of toxic megacolon 1 Source:Wikimedia commons
Gross pathology of toxic megacolon 2 Source:Wikimedia commons


Microscopic Pathology

  • Microscopic histopathological analysis include:[6]
    • Transmural acute inflammation of colon
    • Necrosis
    • Replacement by granulation tissue infiltrated by histiocytes, neutrophils, lymphocytes, and plasma cells
    • Shortened and rounded muscle with aggregates of eosinophilic cytoplasm
    • Preserved colonic submucosal and myenteric plexuses

References

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  2. 2.0 2.1 Gan, S. Ian; Beck, P. L. (2003). "A new look at toxic megacolon: an update and review of incidence, etiology, pathogenesis, and management". The American Journal of Gastroenterology. 98 (11): 2363–2371. doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2003.07696.x. ISSN 0002-9270.
  3. Norland CC, Kirsner JB (1969). "Toxic dilatation of colon (toxic megacolon): etiology, treatment and prognosis in 42 patients". Medicine (Baltimore). 48 (3): 229–50. PMID 5769743.
  4. 4.0 4.1 Latella G, Vernia P, Viscido A, Frieri G, Cadau G, Cocco A, Cossu A, Tomei E, Caprilli R (2002). "GI distension in severe ulcerative colitis". Am. J. Gastroenterol. 97 (5): 1169–75. doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2002.05691.x. PMID 12014723.
  5. Boeckxstaens GE, Pelckmans PA, Herman AG, Van Maercke YM (1993). "Involvement of nitric oxide in the inhibitory innervation of the human isolated colon". Gastroenterology. 104 (3): 690–7. PMID 8095033.
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 Sheth SG, LaMont JT (1998). "Toxic megacolon". Lancet. 351 (9101): 509–13. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(97)10475-5. PMID 9482465.
  7. Mourelle M, Casellas F, Guarner F, Salas A, Riveros-Moreno V, Moncada S, Malagelada JR (1995). "Induction of nitric oxide synthase in colonic smooth muscle from patients with toxic megacolon". Gastroenterology. 109 (5): 1497–502. PMID 7557131.
  8. Schwörer H, Bohn M, Waezsada SY, Raddatz D, Ramadori G (2001). "Successful treatment of megacolon associated with colitis with a nitric oxide synthase inhibitor". Am. J. Gastroenterol. 96 (7): 2273–4. doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2001.03986.x. PMID 11467676.
  9. Buckell NA, Williams GT, Bartram CI, Lennard-Jones JE (1980). "Depth of ulceration in acute colitis: correlation with outcome and clinical and radiologic features". Gastroenterology. 79 (1): 19–25. PMID 7380218.
  10. Rosenberg M (1976). "Toxic megacolon". West. J. Med. 124 (2): 122–7. PMC 1130453. PMID 1246881.
  11. Akbarali HI, Kang M (2015). "Postranslational Modification of Ion Channels in Colonic Inflammation". Curr Neuropharmacol. 13 (2): 234–8. PMC 4598435. PMID 26411766.
  12. Bassotti G, Antonelli E, Villanacci V, Salemme M, Coppola M, Annese V (2014). "Gastrointestinal motility disorders in inflammatory bowel diseases". World J. Gastroenterol. 20 (1): 37–44. doi:10.3748/wjg.v20.i1.37. PMC 3886030. PMID 24415856.
  13. Grieco MB, Bordan DL, Geiss AC, Beil AR (1980). "Toxic megacolon complicating Crohn's colitis". Ann. Surg. 191 (1): 75–80. PMC 1344622. PMID 7352781.
  14. Autenrieth DM, Baumgart DC (2012). "Toxic megacolon". Inflamm. Bowel Dis. 18 (3): 584–91. doi:10.1002/ibd.21847. PMID 22009735.
  15. Autenrieth, Daniel M.; Baumgart, Daniel C. (2012). "Toxic megacolon". Inflammatory Bowel Diseases. 18 (3): 584–591. doi:10.1002/ibd.21847. ISSN 1078-0998.
  16. SILVERBERG D, ROGERS AG (1964). "TOXIC MEGACOLON IN ULCERATIVE COLITIS". Can Med Assoc J. 90: 357–63. PMC 1922240. PMID 14122466.
  17. Collier, Richard L.; Wylie, John H.; Gomez, Jorge (1971). "Toxic megacolon". The American Journal of Surgery. 121 (3): 283–288. doi:10.1016/0002-9610(71)90205-4. ISSN 0002-9610.
  18. Kobayasi S, Mendes EF, Rodrigues MA, Franco MF (1992). "Toxic dilatation of the colon in Chagas' disease". Br J Surg. 79 (11): 1202–3. PMID 1467905.
  19. Seltman AK (2012). "Surgical Management of Clostridium difficile Colitis". Clin Colon Rectal Surg. 25 (4): 204–9. doi:10.1055/s-0032-1329390. PMC 3577611. PMID 24294121.

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