Huge Congenital Segmental Dilatation of the Sigmoid Colon in a Neonate: A "Rarity to Meet" and a "Challenge to Treat"

• Главные авторы: Margarita Kaiser (Автор), Christoph Castellani (Автор), Georg Singer (Автор), Robert Marterer (Автор), Manfred Ratschek (Автор), Holger Till (Автор)
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• Опубликовано: Hindawi Limited, 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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Only ten cases of neonatal congenital segmental dilatation (CSD) of the colon have been described so far. We present a full-term female newborn with trisomy 21, ventricular septal defect, and gross abdominal distension. Plain abdominal radiographs revealed a huge cystic lesion occupying the left hem...