Abstract

PALENQUE ROCABADO, Germán. TOXIC MEGACOLON SECONDARY TO PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS COLÍTÍS, REPORT OF A CASE. Rev Cient Cienc Méd [online]. 2023, vol.26, n.2, pp.100-103.  Epub Dec 31, 2023. ISSN 1817-7433.

Pseudomembranous colitis is an inflammatory disorder that is becoming more important over time, due to the excessive use of antibiotics that in many cases occurs more frequently in hospitals. Morphologically, the colon undergoes the formation of pseudomembranes, which cover part of the mucosa of the large intestine. The etiology is due to a toxin produced by the intestinal overgrowth of the microorganism Clostridium difficile, typically affecting patients treated with broad-spectrum antibiotic therapy.

In the present clinical case, pseudomembranous colitis is reported in a 71-year-old male patient, emphasizing the anatomopathological characteristics, because on rare occasions morphological changes are observed so eloquently as those observed in the present case.

Keywords : Pseudomembranous enterocolitis; toxic megacolon; antibiotic-associated colitis.

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