title: Varied Presentation of Congenital Segmental Dilatation of the Intestine in Neonates: Report of Three Cases.
abstract: Congenital segmental dilatation (CSD) of the intestine is a rare developmental anomaly characterized by sharply demarcated dilatation of a gastrointestinal segment and may present with intestinal obstruction. We report three cases of CSD of the intestine in neonates with varied presentation. First patient was mistaken as pneumoperitoneum on abdominal radiograph, which led to initial abdominal drain placement. The 2nd patient was a case of anorectal malformation associated with congenital pouch colon (CPC) and CSD of ileum; and the third case presented as neonatal intestinal obstruction and found to have CSD of ileum. All the patients were successfully managed in our department.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Surgery, The Children's Hospital and the Institute of Child Health, Lahore.
authors.forename: Binod Kumar
authors.initials: BK
authors.lastname: Rai
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Surgery, Children Hospital Faisalabad.
authors.forename: Bilal
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Mirza
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Surgery, The Children's Hospital and the Institute of Child Health, Lahore.
authors.forename: Imran
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Hashim
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Surgery, The Children's Hospital and the Institute of Child Health, Lahore.
authors.forename: Muhammad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Saleem
keywords:  Intestinal obstruction;  Neonate;  Pneumoperitoneum;  Pouch colon; Anorectal malformation; Congenital segmental dilatation 