Segmental intestinal muscular thinning: a possible cause of intestinal obstruction in the newborn.
Intestinal obstruction proximal to a transition zone without an interposed physical barrier usually indicates Hirschsprung disease. The authors report one case of focal small bowel muscular thinning just distal to a transition zone that produced clinical and radiographic findings that simulated long-segment Hirschsprung disease in a 2-day-old infant.
Department of Radiology, Tripler Army Medical Center, Honolulu.
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Johnson
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Coughlin
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Pearson
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Hill
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Huang
D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006627:Hirschsprung Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D009130:Muscle, Smooth / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D011859:Radiography