title: Duodenal atresia: not always a double bubble.
abstract: A newborn infant with a prenatal diagnosis of duodenal atresia and abdominal radiographs demonstrating air in distal bowel is presented. An upper gastrointestinal series revealed complete duodenal obstruction and duodenal atresia was confirmed at surgery. The significance of distal bowel gas and the embryological development of this unusual entity is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Division of Pediatric Radiology, Jack D. Weiler Hospital, Children's Hospital at Montefiore-Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Jonathan M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Latzman
authors.forename: Terry L
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Levin
authors.forename: Suhas M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Nafday
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004380:Duodenal Obstruction / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D004386:Duodenum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D005740:Gases; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007409:Intestinal Atresia; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D011296:Prenatal Diagnosis / Q000379:methods; D011859:Radiography; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D041742:Upper Gastrointestinal Tract / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging
chemical_list: D005740:Gases