title: A lesson in intestinal atresias.
abstract: A girl with an atresia of the distal ileum and another in the sigmoid colon is reported, as are the inadequacies in her management. The association of an ileal atresia with a separate colonic atresia does not seem to have been previously reported.
authors.affiliation: Queen Elizabeth Hospital for Children, Department of Surgery, London, England.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jackman
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Brereton
mesh_terms: D003106:Colon / Q000002:abnormalities*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007082:Ileum / Q000002:abnormalities*; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007409:Intestinal Atresia / Q000175:diagnosis*