title: Congenital atresia of the colon.
abstract: Atresia of the colon is a rare congenital anomaly. In 1673, Binninger reported the first case of colonic atresia and Gaub reported the first survival of a patient with this anomaly in 1922. Since that time there have been 97 successfully managed patients described in the literature.
mesh_terms: D003106:Colon / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007409:Intestinal Atresia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography