Symptoms and diagnostic criteria of acquired Megacolon - a systematic literature review

BMC Gastroenterology

Table 4 Occurrence of Symptoms in Patients with a Diagnosis of AMC

Authors	Year	No. pts	Const.	Diarr.	Faecal incont.	Vomit.	Gas distress	Abdo. pain	Dist.	Faecal impact.	Painful evac.	Digital evac.	Abdo. mass	Pseudo-obstruct.
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

No number, pts. patients, const constipation, diarr diarrhea, incont incontinence, vomit vomiting, abdo abdominal, dist distension, impact impaction, evac evacuation, obstruct obstruction
^a includes patients with whole colon and left colon only involvement

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