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Myxedema megacolon

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The radiological findings on barium enema examination of 239 patients with thyroid deficiency (192 hypothyroid and 47 myxedematous) were reviewed. A new radiologic finding of transverse ridging superimposed on megacolon is described in myxedema and an explanation for this finding is postulated. The colonic findings associated with thyroid deficiency are presented.

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  1. Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

    Daniel Megna

  2. Department of Radiology, Waterbury Hospital and Health Center, Waterbury, Connecticut, USA

    Robert Toffler

  3. Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, 06510, New Haven, CT, USA

    Morton Burrell M.D. & John Cronan

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Burrell, M., Cronan, J., Megna, D. et al. Myxedema megacolon. Gastrointest Radiol 5, 181–186 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01888625

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