Acquired non-Chagas megacolon associated with the use of psychiatric medication: case report and differential diagnosis with Chagas megacolon.
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.
Adad
Sheila Jorge
SJ
Universidade Federal do Triângulo Mineiro, Uberaba, MG, Brazil. sheila.adad@gmail.com
Souza
Moisés Amâncio
MA
Silva
Gisele Barbosa E
GB
Carmo Junior
José do
Jd
Godoy
Charles Antônio Pires de
CA
Micheletti
Adilha Misson Rua
AM
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
D014150:Antipsychotic Agents