title: Small left colon syndrome in 3 sisters.
abstract: Neonatal small left colon syndrome is a rare cause of bowel obstruction. Its etiology remains unknown, but a significant association has been noted between maternal diabetes and small left colon. No reported cases within the same family could be found in the literature, excepting 2 sets of twins. We report 3 cases of small left colon syndrome in 3 consecutive sisters born of a nondiabetic mother. This raises the question of a genetic factor in its etiology.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Surgery, University of Poitiers, Poitiers, France. Electronic address: sophiemaurin@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Sophie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Maurin
authors.affiliation: Department of Neonatology, University of Poitiers, Poitiers, France.
authors.forename: Kh
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Husseini
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Surgery, University of Poitiers, Poitiers, France.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gaudin
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Surgery, University of Poitiers, Poitiers, France.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Levard
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D003106:Colon / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D016640:Diabetes, Gestational; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction; D011247:Pregnancy; D013577:Syndrome
keywords: Diabetes; Genetic disease; Meconium plug syndrome; Neonatal bowel obstruction; Siblings; Small left colon