[Desmosis coli in adults. Differential diagnosis of chronic constipation].
Desmosis coli is a disturbance of the intramural connective tissue mesh network of the colonic wall which can lead to a hypoperistalsis syndrome with chronic constipation in the absence of any anomaly of the vegetative gut innervation. The condition typically occurs in infants and adolescents; however, as an incomplete form, desmosis coli can also cause chronic constipation in adults, as demonstrated in this case report.
Gassler
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Pathologisches Institut, Universität Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 220/221, 69120 Heidelberg.
Helmke
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Sido
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Otto
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Autschbach
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D000328:Adult; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003108:Colonic Diseases / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D003240:Connective Tissue Diseases / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D003248:Constipation / Q000209:etiology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010528:Peristalsis; D016896:Treatment Outcome