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<Articles JournalTitle="Frontiers in Emergency Medicine">
  <Article>
    <Journal>
      <PublisherName>Tehran University of Medical Sciences</PublisherName>
      <JournalTitle>Frontiers in Emergency Medicine</JournalTitle>
      <Issn>2717-3593</Issn>
      <Volume>6</Volume>
      <Issue>3</Issue>
      <PubDate PubStatus="epublish">
        <Year>2022</Year>
        <Month>02</Month>
        <Day>12</Day>
      </PubDate>
    </Journal>
    <title locale="en_US">Giant megacolon caused by anterior displacement of the anus in a 71-year-old woman</title>
    <FirstPage>e43</FirstPage>
    <LastPage>e43</LastPage>
    <AuthorList>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Mehdi</FirstName>
        <LastName>Farhangian</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Department of Surgery, Imam Khomeini Hospital Complex, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran</affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Hadi</FirstName>
        <LastName>Ahmadi-Amoli</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Department of Surgery, Sina Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran</affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Ehsan</FirstName>
        <LastName>Rahimpour</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Department of Surgery, Sina Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran</affiliation>
      </Author>
    </AuthorList>
    <History>
      <PubDate PubStatus="received">
        <Year>2022</Year>
        <Month>02</Month>
        <Day>07</Day>
      </PubDate>
      <PubDate PubStatus="accepted">
        <Year>2022</Year>
        <Month>02</Month>
        <Day>12</Day>
      </PubDate>
    </History>
    <abstract locale="en_US">The patient was a 71-year-old woman who was referred to the general surgery clinic due to a severe colonic dilatation and a fecal mass that was found in her abdominopelvic CT scan, which was ordered by a nephrologist for approaching her right flank pain. The patient had experienced bloating and progressive abdominal distension in the year prior to the current visit. The last defecation had occurred approximately 20 days prior to the visit, and the last gas passage had occurred the day before the visit.&#xA0;</abstract>
    <web_url>https://fem.tums.ac.ir/index.php/fem/article/view/956</web_url>
    <pdf_url>https://fem.tums.ac.ir/index.php/fem/article/download/956/390</pdf_url>
  </Article>
</Articles>
