Year 2020 / Volume 112 / Number 2
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Megacolon in inflammatory bowel disease: response to infliximab

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DOI: 10.17235/reed.2020.6394/2019

Andrea Núñez Ortiz, Claudio Trigo Salado, María Dolores de la Cruz Ramírez, José Luis Márquez Galán, José Manuel Herrera Justiniano, Eduardo Leo Carnerero,

Abstract
Megacolon is a serious complication of inflammatory bowel disease that often requires a colectomy. Infliximab is a therapeutic alternative when conventional treatment fails, before resorting to surgery. Its use is currently based on the publication of isolated cases. We present a series of 12 patients with megacolon treated with infliximab, five with signs of systemic toxicity. Seventy-five percent of the patients avoided a colectomy during their acute episode after early infliximab treatment, 2.45 days after the megacolon diagnosis. There was a greater risk of surgery among patients with ulcerative colitis and toxicity criteria. Two more patients required follow-up surgery despite long-term infliximab treatment. No patient suffered significant treatment-related adverse effects or significant post-surgery complications.
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Núñez Ortiz A, Trigo Salado C, de la Cruz Ramírez M, Márquez Galán J, Herrera Justiniano J, Leo Carnerero E, et all. Megacolon in inflammatory bowel disease: response to infliximab. 6394/2019


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Received: 21/05/2019

Accepted: 26/07/2019

Online First: 21/01/2020

Published: 07/02/2020

Article revision time: 62 days

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