Megaduodenum

Megaduodenum is a congenital or acquired dilation and elongation of the duodenum with hypertrophy of all layers that presents as a feeling of gastric fullness, abdominal pain, belching, heartburn, and nausea with vomiting sometimes of food eaten 24 hours prior.^[1]

References

1. ↑ Megaduodenum - Merriam-Webster

External links

• Basilisco, G (1997). "Hereditary megaduodenum". The American journal of gastroenterology 92 (1): 150–3. PMID 8995957. 
• Law, David H.; Ten Eyck, Edward A. (1962). "Familial megaduodenum and megacystis". The American Journal of Medicine 33 (6): 911. doi:10.1016/0002-9343(62)90222-X. 
• Sturtevant, Mills (1939). "Megaduodenum and Duodenal Obstruction: Criteria for Diagnosis". Radiology 33 (2): 185–8. doi:10.1148/33.2.185. 
• Raia, Arrigo; Acquaroni, Danilo; Netto, Alipio Correa (1961). "Pathogenesis and treatment of acquired megaduodenum". The American Journal of Digestive Diseases 6 (8): 757–71. doi:10.1007/BF02231059. 
• Gillespie, H. W. (1939). "Megaduodenum and Gastromegaly". British Journal of Radiology 12 (136): 221–4. doi:10.1259/0007-1285-12-136-221.