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Query: EC:3.1.1.7 (
acetylcholinesterase
)
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document(s) hit in 31,850,051 MEDLINE articles (0.00 seconds)
The diagnosis of congenital megacolon can only rarely be established in adult cases with dilatation of the rectum and sigma, since the narrow aganglionic segment and increased levels of plasma
acetylcholinesterase
activity are usually lacking in adult cases,--these findings being typical for congenital megacolon.
Idiopathic megacolon
thus is the correct diagnosis in most of these adult cases. Surgical removal of the dilated parts of the intestine and end-to-end anastomosis yield satisfactory results, thus a colostomy is not necessary.
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PMID:[Idiopathic megacolon (author's transl)]. 707 Jan 93
