From: Symptoms and diagnostic criteria of acquired Megacolon - a systematic literature review
Authors | Year | No. pts | Const. | Diarr. | Faecal incont. | Vomit. | Gas distress | Abdo. pain | Dist. | Faecal impact. | Painful evac. | Digital evac. | Abdo. mass | Pseudo-obstruct. |
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Kantor [7] | 1924 | 62 | 48 | 16 | 14 | 45 | 36 | |||||||
Lane and Todd [19] | 1977 | 42 | 42 | 13 | 21 | 12 | ||||||||
Stabile et al.a [3] | 1991 | 40 | 40 | 14 | 34 | 40 | 14 | 16 | 8 | 14 | ||||
Basilisco et al. [21] | 1996 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 4 | |||||||||
Gattuso et al. [22] | 1997 | 48 | 1 | 35 | 24 | 13 | 1 | |||||||
Gattuso et al. [27] | 1998 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
Lee et al. [23] | 2005 | 9 | 6 | 1 | ||||||||||
Iantorno et al. [24] | 2007 | 9 | 9 | |||||||||||
Total (mean %) | 225 |
154 (68%) | 16 | 27 | 15 | 45 |
128 (57%) | 89 (40%) | 27 | 16 | 9 | 14 | 4 |