title: Acquired non-Chagas megacolon associated with the use of psychiatric medication: case report and differential diagnosis with Chagas megacolon.
abstract: A case of acquired megacolon in a 62-year-old man with acute abdomen due to sigmoid volvulus is reported. The case was associated with the use of psychiatric medications. The aim in this report was to emphasize the differential diagnosis with Chagas megacolon. Anatomopathological examination did not show any evidence of denervation, ganglionitis and/or myositis, and the serological test for Chagas disease was negative.
authors: Universidade Federal do Triângulo Mineiro, Uberaba, MG, Brazil. sheila.adad@gmail.com
authors: Sheila Jorge
authors: SJ
authors: Adad
authors: Moisés Amâncio
authors: MA
authors: Souza
authors: Gisele Barbosa E
authors: GB
authors: Silva
authors: José do
authors: Jd
authors: Carmo Junior
authors: Charles Antônio Pires de
authors: CA
authors: Godoy
authors: Adilha Misson Rua
authors: AM
authors: Micheletti
mesh_terms: D014150:Antipsychotic Agents / Q000009:adverse effects*; D014355:Chagas Disease / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007411:Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D008531:Megacolon / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged
chemical_list: D014150:Antipsychotic Agents