The Appendix and Aganglionosis. A Note of Caution-How the Histology Can Mislead the Surgeon in Total Colonic Hirschsprung Disease
Abstract We present the case of a child with presumed total colonic Hirschsprung disease (HD) to highlight the problems the surgeon is likely to encounter if he/she relies on the appendix alone for histopathologic diagnosis. A newborn male infant, who was presumed to have total colonic aganglionosis...
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Main Authors: | Victoria Alison Lane (Author), Marc A. Levitt (Author), Peter Baker (Author), Peter Minneci (Author), Katherine Deans (Author) |
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Georg Thieme Verlag KG,
2015-05-01T00:00:00Z.
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