A lesson in intestinal atresias.
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.
Jackman
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Queen Elizabeth Hospital for Children, Department of Surgery, London, England.
Brereton
R J
RJ
D003106:Colon / Q000002:abnormalities*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007082:Ileum / Q000002:abnormalities*; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007409:Intestinal Atresia / Q000175:diagnosis*