Small bowel skip segment Hirschprung's disease presenting with perforated Meckel's diverticulum.
Skip segment Hirschprung's disease (SSHD) is an uncommon variant of Hirschprung's disease where normal intestine is interspersed proximally and distally by abnormal, aganglionated intestine. These segmental changes have no well-defined embryological explanation. We present a case of SSHD in the small bowel and concomitant perforated Meckel's diverticulum, with review of the literature relevant to SSHD.
Department of Paediatric Surgery, Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children, Belfast Health and Social Care Trust, 274 Grovesnor Road, Belfast, BT12 6BA, Northern Ireland, UK. brendan_skelly@me.com
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D006627:Hirschsprung Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007416:Intestinal Perforation / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D008467:Meckel Diverticulum / Q000209:etiology*