A 4-month-old girl with bilious emesis. 2006

Robert Listernick
Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007223 Infant A child between 1 and 23 months of age. Infants
D005260 Female Females
D006627 Hirschsprung Disease Congenital MEGACOLON resulting from the absence of ganglion cells (aganglionosis) in a distal segment of the LARGE INTESTINE. The aganglionic segment is permanently contracted thus causing dilatation proximal to it. In most cases, the aganglionic segment is within the RECTUM and SIGMOID COLON. Aganglionosis, Colonic,Colonic Aganglionosis,Megacolon, Congenital,Aganglionic Megacolon,Aganglionosis, Rectosigmoid Colon,Aganglionosis, Total Colonic,Congenital Intestinal Aganglionosis,Congenital Megacolon,Hirschsprung's Disease,Megacolon, Aganglionic,Rectosigmoid Aganglionosis,Total Colonic Aganglionosis,Aganglionosis, Rectosigmoid,Disease, Hirschsprung,Disease, Hirschsprung's,Hirschsprungs Disease,Rectosigmoid Colon Aganglionosis
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D001646 Bile An emulsifying agent produced in the LIVER and secreted into the DUODENUM. Its composition includes BILE ACIDS AND SALTS; CHOLESTEROL; and ELECTROLYTES. It aids DIGESTION of fats in the duodenum. Biliary Sludge,Sludge, Biliary
D014839 Vomiting The forcible expulsion of the contents of the STOMACH through the MOUTH. Emesis

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