title: [Multiple intestinal atresia with involvement of the entire gastrointestinal tract].
abstract: Two new cases with familiar multiple intestinal atresia (MIA) are reported. Two consecutive siblings with MIA were referred to our pediatric surgical unit over the last year. The second child was diagnosed by means of a pre-delivery conducted ecography in the 28 week of pregnancy. In both cases an abdominal x-ray performed just after the delivery, proved the diagnosis of the first obstruction and suggested the MIA diagnosis. The treatment was surgical, fast; the child was operated on in his twenty four hours of life. The macroscopic malformations as well as the histological findings confirmed the MIA diagnosis, that is different from the classical pattern of MIA, called non hereditary. Therefore we can conclude that the familiar MIA with a possible hereditary pattern is grave enough to be recommended the need of an adequate genetic advice and in the future an intestinal transplant.
authors.affiliation: Hospital Infantil Miguel Servet, Zaragoza.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Solsona-Narbón
authors.forename: J B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Elías Pollina
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Esteban Ibarz
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Alba Losada
mesh_terms: D004065:Digestive System Abnormalities; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007409:Intestinal Atresia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000235:genetics*; D008297:Male
vernacular_title: Atresia intestinal múltiple con afectación de todo el tracto gastrointestinal.