Chronic partial colonic obstruction from a congenital web
Congenital colonic stenosis is a rare anomaly that mostly presents in the neonatal period with colonic obstruction. The similarity of presentation with Hirschsprung diseases prompts discussion on suspicion, detection and management. We therefore present a case of a 1-year old girl with colonic steno...
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Elsevier,
2020-06-01T00:00:00Z.
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| Summary: | Congenital colonic stenosis is a rare anomaly that mostly presents in the neonatal period with colonic obstruction. The similarity of presentation with Hirschsprung diseases prompts discussion on suspicion, detection and management. We therefore present a case of a 1-year old girl with colonic stenosis initially thought to have Hirschsprung disease, with the aim of highlighting the role of clinical, radiological and histological assessment in management. |
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| Item Description: | 2213-5766 10.1016/j.epsc.2020.101442 |