Delayed diagnosis of Hirschsprung disease presenting initially as anemia: A case report

• Main Authors: Tamador Al-Shamaileh (Author), Hasan Hashem (Author), Esam Farhoud (Author), Ahed Al-Edwan (Author), Mohammad Salim Alomari (Author), Marc A. Levitt (Author), Maha Barber (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2023-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Introduction: Hirschsprung disease (HD) is a common congenital gastrointestinal malformation in pediatric patients, with an incidence of 1 per 5000 newborn. Most cases are diagnosed in neonatal period when the patient has intestinal obstruction. Delayed diagnosis of HD beyond infancy is reported in...