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A case of Melanosis Coli occurring in a boy aged two and one-half years is recorded. No report of this condition in a patient of this age can be found in the literature. The laxative history supports the premise of Bockus, Willard and Bank that the use of anthracene laxatives can produce a pigmentation of the bowel indistinguishable from Melanosis Coli.
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From the Gastro-Enterological Service, Abington Memorial Hospital, Abington, Pennsylvania.
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Willard, J.H., Shutt, T.J. Melanosis coli in a boy aged two and one-half years. American Journal of Digestive Diseases 5, 693 (1938). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02996605
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02996605