title: Skip segment Hirschsprung's disease: a rare phenomenon.
abstract: Skip segment Hirschsprung's disease (SSHD) involves a skip area of normally ganglionated intestine, surrounded proximally and distally by aganglionosis. We report a case of SSHD in infant with total colonic aganglionosis (TCA). Although SSHD is a rare and controversial condition, it should be considered a definite entity in the evaluation of Hirschsprung's disease.
authors.affiliation: The Children's Research Centre, Dublin, Ireland. Takashi.doi@ucd.ie
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Doi
authors.forename: Anne-Marie
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: O'Donnell
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: McDermott
authors.forename: Prem
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Puri
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006627:Hirschsprung Disease / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D011860:Radiography, Abdominal; D012007:Rectum / Q000473:pathology*