Colon

System Digestive
SNOMED CT 302508007

Colon

Definition

A portion of the large intestine before it becomes the rectum. In mammals, the colon is the most part of the large intestine, excluding the vermiform appendix, the rectum and the anal canal.

Also known as large bowel — per UBERON

The Colon is a part of the Digestive.

Also identified as

Associated Diseases

Disease Involvement Source
Adenomatous colon polyp Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Adenomatous colon polyp Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Adenosquamous colon carcinoma Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Adenosquamous colon carcinoma Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Amebic dysentery Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Amebic dysentery Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Ascending colon neuroendocrine tumor G1 Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Ascending colon neuroendocrine tumor G1 Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Benign colon neoplasm Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Benign colon neoplasm Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Benign neoplasm of cecum Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Benign neoplasm of cecum Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Carcinoma in situ of cecum Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Carcinoma in situ of cecum Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Cavernous hemangioma of colon Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Cavernous hemangioma of colon Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Cecal neoplasm Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Cecum adenocarcinoma Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Cecum adenocarcinoma Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Cecum cancer Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Cecum carcinoma Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Cecum carcinoma Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Cecum lymphoma Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Cecum lymphoma Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Cecum neuroendocrine tumor G1 Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Cecum neuroendocrine tumor G1 Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Cecum villous adenoma Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Cecum villous adenoma Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Clostridium difficile colitis Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Clostridium difficile colitis Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Colitis Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Colitis Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Collagenous colitis Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Collagenous colitis Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Colon adenocarcinoma Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Colon adenocarcinoma Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Colon adenoma Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Colon adenoma Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Colon Burkitt lymphoma Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Colon Burkitt lymphoma Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Colon carcinoma Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Colon carcinoma Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Colon carcinoma in situ Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Colon carcinoma in situ Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Colon inflammatory polyp Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Colon inflammatory polyp Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Colon juvenile polyp Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Colon juvenile polyp Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Colon Kaposi sarcoma Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Colon Kaposi sarcoma Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0

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Drugs Acting Here

Drug Effect Source
Bacitracin may treat a disease of this organ DERIVED · CC BY 4.0
Cholestyramine may treat a disease of this organ DERIVED · CC BY 4.0
Colesevelam may treat a disease of this organ DERIVED · CC BY 4.0
Colestipol may treat a disease of this organ DERIVED · CC BY 4.0
Fidaxomicin may treat a disease of this organ DERIVED · CC BY 4.0
Metronidazole may treat a disease of this organ DERIVED · CC BY 4.0
Vancomycin may treat a disease of this organ DERIVED · CC BY 4.0

7 entries above are marked DERIVED: Atlas Médico inferred them by combining two sourced claims, and no source asserts these links directly. Treat them as a navigation aid, not as a clinical statement.

Procedures

Procedure Relation Source
Total Colectomy Procedure Has Completely Excised Anatomy NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Total Proctocolectomy Procedure Has Completely Excised Anatomy NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Colectomy Procedure Has Excised Anatomy NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Colectomy with Diversion Procedure Has Excised Anatomy NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Colectomy with En Bloc Removal of Regional Lymph Nodes Procedure Has Excised Anatomy NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Hemicolectomy Procedure Has Excised Anatomy NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Ileocolectomy Procedure Has Excised Anatomy NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Laparoscopic Colectomy Procedure Has Excised Anatomy NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Left Colectomy Procedure Has Excised Anatomy NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Partial Colectomy Procedure Has Excised Anatomy NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Proctocolectomy Procedure Has Excised Anatomy NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Right Colectomy Procedure Has Excised Anatomy NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Sigmoidectomy Procedure Has Excised Anatomy NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Total Colectomy Procedure Has Excised Anatomy NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Total Proctocolectomy Procedure Has Excised Anatomy NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Transanal Excision Procedure Has Excised Anatomy NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Transanal Total Mesorectal Excision Procedure Has Excised Anatomy NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Transverse Colectomy Procedure Has Excised Anatomy NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Biopsy of Colon Procedure Has Partially Excised Anatomy NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Hemicolectomy Procedure Has Partially Excised Anatomy NCIT · CC BY 4.0
High Resolution Anoscopy with Biopsy Procedure Has Partially Excised Anatomy NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Partial Colectomy Procedure Has Partially Excised Anatomy NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Rectal Biopsy Procedure Has Partially Excised Anatomy NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Sigmoidoscopy with Biopsy Procedure Has Partially Excised Anatomy NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Biopsy of Colon Procedure Has Target Anatomy NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Colonoscopic Polypectomy Procedure Has Target Anatomy NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Colonoscopy Procedure Has Target Anatomy NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Colonoscopy with Marking of Cancerous Polyp Procedure Has Target Anatomy NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Colostomy Procedure Has Target Anatomy NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Diagnostic Colonoscopy Procedure Has Target Anatomy NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Flexible Fiberoptic Sigmoidoscopy Procedure Has Target Anatomy NCIT · CC BY 4.0
High Resolution Anoscopy with Biopsy Procedure Has Target Anatomy NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Index Colonoscopy Procedure Has Target Anatomy NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Perineal Colostomy Procedure Has Target Anatomy NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Permanent Colostomy Procedure Has Target Anatomy NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Proctostomy Procedure Has Target Anatomy NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Rectal Biopsy Procedure Has Target Anatomy NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Screening Colonoscopy Procedure Has Target Anatomy NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Sigmoidoscopy Procedure Has Target Anatomy NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Sigmoidoscopy with Biopsy Procedure Has Target Anatomy NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Therapeutic Colonoscopy Procedure Has Target Anatomy NCIT · CC BY 4.0