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Editorial
. 2025 Jan 10;65(6):1194-1196.
doi: 10.60787/nmj.v65i6.665. eCollection 2024 Nov-Dec.

Severe Respiratory Acidosis-induced Involuntary Hyper defecation: The Role of Medullary Caudal Raphe Nuclei

Ankur Khandelwal  1 , Priyadarshi Dikshit  2 , Pankaj Deori  1 , Dalim Kumar Baidya  1
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Severe Respiratory Acidosis-induced Involuntary Hyper defecation: The Role of Medullary Caudal Raphe Nuclei

Ankur Khandelwal et al. Niger Med J. .
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Figures

Figure 1.
Figure 1.
T2 weighted magnetic resonance imaging of cranio-vertebral junction and upper cervical spine (sagittal view) showing retroflexion of odontoid process with ventral compression at the cervico-medullary junction. There is T2 hyperintensity with edema extending from the cervical spinal cord (C3-C4) region to the middle portion of the medulla oblongata (marked by a red arrow).
Figure 2.
Figure 2.
Schematic representation of the mechanism of hypercapnic respiratory acidosis-induced hyper defecation.
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