Congenital segmental dilatation of colon with colonic atresia. 2005

Paras Kothari, and Gowrishankar, and Anurag Rastogi, and Raghunath Dipali, and Bharati Kulkarni, and
Department of Pediatric Surgery, L T M Medical College and L T M General Hospital, Mumbai-400 022, India. drparaskothari@rediffmail.com

Congenital segmental dilatation of the colon belongs to a group of Hirschsprung's-like diseases with normal ganglion cells. The presentation is with chronic constipation affecting older children. We report a neonate with congenital segmental dilatation of the colon associated with sigmoid atresia. The child is well after a colostomy.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007231 Infant, Newborn An infant during the first 28 days after birth. Neonate,Newborns,Infants, Newborn,Neonates,Newborn,Newborn Infant,Newborn Infants
D007409 Intestinal Atresia Congenital obliteration of the lumen of the intestine, with the ILEUM involved in 50% of the cases and the JEJUNUM and DUODENUM following in frequency. It is the most frequent cause of INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION in NEWBORNS. (From Stedman, 25th ed) Atresia, Intestinal,Apple Peel Small Bowel Syndrome,Apple Peel Syndrome,Apple-Peel Intestinal Atresia,Congenital Intestinal Atresia,Familial Apple Peel Jejunal Atresia,Jejunal Atresia,Apple Peel Intestinal Atresia,Apple Peel Syndromes,Apple-Peel Intestinal Atresias,Atresia, Apple-Peel Intestinal,Atresia, Congenital Intestinal,Atresia, Jejunal,Atresias, Apple-Peel Intestinal,Atresias, Congenital Intestinal,Congenital Intestinal Atresias,Intestinal Atresia, Apple-Peel,Intestinal Atresia, Congenital,Intestinal Atresias, Apple-Peel,Intestinal Atresias, Congenital
D008297 Male Males
D003108 Colonic Diseases Pathological processes in the COLON region of the large intestine (INTESTINE, LARGE). Colonic Disease,Disease, Colonic,Diseases, Colonic
D003125 Colostomy The surgical construction of an opening between the colon and the surface of the body. Colostomies
D004108 Dilatation, Pathologic The condition of an anatomical structure's being dilated beyond normal dimensions. Ectasia,Dilatation, Pathological,Dilatations, Pathologic,Dilatations, Pathological,Pathologic Dilatation,Pathologic Dilatations,Pathological Dilatation,Pathological Dilatations
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D012809 Colon, Sigmoid A segment of the COLON between the RECTUM and the descending colon. Sigmoid,Sigmoid Colon

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