Outcome of toxic dilatation in ulcerative and Crohn's colitis.

ABSTRACTA review of 1,236 patients admitted to The Mount Sinai Hospital with inflammatory bowel disease between 1960 and 1979 yielded 75 cases (6%)with toxic dilatation of the colon. There were 61 cases among 613 patients (10%)with ulcerative colitis (UC), and 14 of 623 (2.3%)with Crohn's disease (C