title: [Two cases of chronic constipation in the adult: Hirschsprung disease and idiopathic megacolon].
abstract: Two clinical cases of megacolon with long-standing constipation in the adult are presented: the former associated with Hirschprung's disease and the latter idiopathic. Diagnostic procedures and surgical treatment are described. The different criteria of diagnosis and therapy are discussed after a literature review.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Patologia Speciale Chirurgica, Università degli Studi di Bologna.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Boschi
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Lecce
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003248:Constipation / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006627:Hirschsprung Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008531:Megacolon / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery