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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>2011-7582</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista Colombiana de Cirugía]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[rev. colomb. cir.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>2011-7582</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Asociación Colombiana de Cirugía]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
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<article-meta>
<article-id>S2011-75822020000400695</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.30944/20117582.487</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Megadolicocolon de presentación poco usual en un paciente de edad avanzada: a propósito de un caso]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Megadolicocolon with unusual presentation in an elderly patient: a case report]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Mera-Martínez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Paulo Francisco]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Rivas-Goyes]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Jesús Alexander]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Portillo-Miño]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[José Darío]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital Universitario Departamental de Nariño  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Pasto ]]></addr-line>
<country>Colombia</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital Universitario Departamental de Nariño  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Pasto ]]></addr-line>
<country>Colombia</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af3">
<institution><![CDATA[,Fundación Universitaria San Martin  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Bogotá D.C]]></addr-line>
<country>Colombia</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2020</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2020</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>35</volume>
<numero>4</numero>
<fpage>695</fpage>
<lpage>698</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S2011-75822020000400695&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S2011-75822020000400695&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S2011-75822020000400695&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen El megadolicocolon es una patología inusual, de etiología no bien esclarecida. Tal parece ser de origen congénito, se presenta con frecuencia en recién nacidos y lactantes con vólvulos de colon. Su incidencia es variable y se encuentra entre 1,9 y 28,5 %. Este reporte de caso es excepcional debido a que se presenta con una evolución y comportamiento agresivo de la enfermedad, pues se trata de un paciente de edad avanzada, con antecedente de sigmoidopexia y cuadro clínico de 7 meses de evolución consistente en estreñimiento crónico y exacerbación difusa de dolor abdominal incapacitante, quién requirió procedimiento quirúrgico de emergencia para su manejo.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract Megadolichocolon is an unusual pathology of not well clarified etiology. It seems to be of congenital origin and occurs frequently in newborns and infants with colon volvulus. Its incidence varies between 1.9% and 28.5%. This case report is exceptional because it presents with an aggressive evolution and behavior of the disease, since it is an elderly patient, with a history of sigmoidopexy and a clinical evolution of 7 months consisting of chronic constipation and diffuse exacerbation of disabling abdominal pain, who required an emergency surgical procedure for its management.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[colon]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[megacolon]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[vólvulo intestinal]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[abdomen agudo]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[colon]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[megacolon]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[intestinal volvulus]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[abdomen, acute]]></kwd>
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