title: Impending megacolon: small bowel distension as a predictor of toxic megacolon in ulcerative colitis.
authors: Akira
authors: A
authors: Hokama
authors: Tetsuya
authors: T
authors: Ohira
authors: Kazuto
authors: K
authors: Kishimoto
authors: Fukunori
authors: F
authors: Kinjo
authors: Jiro
authors: J
authors: Fujita
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003093:Colitis, Ulcerative / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D004108:Dilatation, Pathologic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008532:Megacolon, Toxic / Q000209:etiology*; D011859:Radiography