Transverse colonic stenosis.
A 3-year child presented with episodic lower abdominal pain; during the eighth attack, a mass was palpable in the left upper quadrant, and a barium enema revealed a stenotic area in the transverse colon. This was resected and an uneventful postoperative course followed. Subsequently, the child has remained symptom-free. instruments are no longer in use.
Takahashi
M
M
First Department of Surgery, Hokkaido University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan.
Sasaki
F
F
Namieno
T
T
Matsuhisa
T
T
Okawa
Y
Y
Taguchi
K
K
Takahashi
H
H
Uchino
J
J
D003106:Colon / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn