[Difficulties of diagnosis of Hirschsprung disease in an 8-year-old girl].
This report presents the difficulty in diagnosing of Hirschsprung disease in an 8-year-old girl admitted to hospital with an acute diarrhea. Authors underline that the definite diagnosis of disease is confirmed by a full-thickness rectal biopsy and findings that indicate an absence of ganglion cells.
Zarzycka-Chroł
Emilia
E
Wojewódzki Szpital Obserwacyjno-Zakaźny w Bydgoszczy. emilia.lekmed@neostrada.pl
Pawłowska
Małgorzata
M
Smukalska
Ewa
E
Szmytkowska
Krystyna
K
D001706:Biopsy / Q000379:methods; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006627:Hirschsprung Disease / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D011351:Proctoscopy; D012007:Rectum / Q000473:pathology*