title: [Desmosis coli in adults. Differential diagnosis of chronic constipation].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Pathologisches Institut, Universität Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 220/221, 69120 Heidelberg.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Gassler
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Helmke
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Sido
authors.forename: H F
authors.initials: HF
authors.lastname: Otto
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Autschbach
mesh_terms: 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