Case records of the Massachusetts General Hospital. Case 31-2009. A 26-year-old man with abdominal distention and shock

N Engl J Med. 2009 Oct 8;361(15):1487-96. doi: 10.1056/NEJMcpc0900643.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Clinical Conference

MeSH terms

  • Abdomen / pathology
  • Abdominal Pain / etiology
  • Acute Disease
  • Adult
  • Blood Coagulation Disorders / etiology
  • Clozapine / adverse effects*
  • Colon / diagnostic imaging
  • Colon / pathology*
  • Colon / surgery
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Dilatation, Pathologic / etiology
  • Gastrointestinal Motility / drug effects*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Megacolon, Toxic / diagnosis*
  • Megacolon, Toxic / etiology
  • Megacolon, Toxic / surgery
  • Radiography
  • Schizophrenia, Paranoid / complications
  • Schizophrenia, Paranoid / drug therapy
  • Serotonin Antagonists / adverse effects*
  • Shock, Septic / etiology

Substances

  • Serotonin Antagonists
  • Clozapine