title: [Diagnostic image (14). Atresia of the ascending colon].
abstract: A newborn girl developed a distension of the abdomen within a few hours after birth. A plain abdominal film showed multiple dilated bowel loops, with the widest in the right lower abdomen. At surgery atresia of the ascending colon was found.
authors.affiliation: Universitair Medisch Centrum/Wilhelmina Kinderziekenhuis, afd. Kinderradiologie, Heidelberglaan 100, 3584 CX Utrecht.
authors.forename: F J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Beek
mesh_terms: D003106:Colon / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007409:Intestinal Atresia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D007813:Laparotomy; D011859:Radiography