Segmental absence of intestinal musculature with metachronous bowel perforations in an infant

• Main Authors: Noboru Oyachi (Author), Takeyuki Suzuki (Author), Takaki Emura (Author), Kazuko Obana (Author), Atsushi Nemoto (Author), Atsushi Naito (Author), Toshio Oyama (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2018-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Segmental absence of intestinal musculature is a rare condition. A female patient was born at 39 weeks gestational age with birth weight of 2,900 g. The patient was prenatally diagnosed as having segmental bowel distension in the fetal stage. She manifested bilious emesis with abdominal distension a...