title: [The small left colon in newborn infants].
abstract: We describe 4 patients with a neonatal small left colon. From these cases and from the literature we know that in 40 to 50% the mother has diabetes mellitus. We describe the differential diagnosis with morbus Hirschsprung, meconium plug and the occurrence of a microcolon in atresias and meconium ileus. Three of the four patients were prematures. From the literature we know this abnormality is found mostly in term infants.
mesh_terms: D003106:Colon / Q000002:abnormalities; D003109:Colonic Diseases, Functional / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007235:Infant, Premature, Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D007409:Intestinal Atresia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D008531:Megacolon / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011859:Radiography
vernacular_title: Het kleine linker colon bij pasgeborenen.