Waardenburg syndrome with isolated deficiency of myenteric ganglion cells at the sigmoid colon and rectum

• Main Authors: Shun Watanabe (Author), Shotaro Matsudera (Author), Takeshi Yamaguchi (Author), Yukiko Tani (Author), Kei Ogino (Author), Masanobu Nakajima (Author), Satoru Yamaguchi (Author), Kinro Sasaki (Author), Hiroshi Suzumura (Author), Takashi Tsuchioka (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Waardenburg syndrome (WS) has the characteristic clinical features caused by the embryologic abnormality of neural crest cells. WS patients sometimes suffer from functional intestinal obstruction. When it is Hirschsprung disease (HD), the WS is diagnosed as type 4 WS. We report a case of WS which di...