Dolichocolon, also known as redundant colon or tortuous colon, is the congenital presence of an abnormally-long large intestine. It should not be confused with an abnormally large intestine, which is called megacolon. The name originates from , and "colon".
Dolichocolon, also known as redundant colon or tortuous colon, is the congenital presence of an abnormally-long large intestine. It should not be confused with an abnormally large intestine, which is called megacolon. The name originates from , and "colon".
Dolichocolon may predispose to abnormal rotation of the colon (volvulus) and its interposition between the diaphragm and the liver ( syndrome). The exact cause remains unknown. Dolichocolon is often an incidental finding on abdominal or in colonoscopy. It is not by itself a disease and as such requires no treatment if asymptomatic.
Discovered by embedding cosine similarity (sentence-transformers MiniLM, 384-dim).