小児科と治療学
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概要

Colonic Atresia: A Case Report

Venkatchalapathy TS*,Venkatesh KL

Atresia of the colon is among the rare types of all gastrointestinal atresias. Transverse colon is the rarest site of all the colonic atresias. We report a case of a 3 day old female baby who presented with the features of distal intestinal obstruction. At laparotomy type III atresia of the middle part of transverse colon, with proximal dilatation of caecum and ascending colon and distal part of transverse colon, descending colon and sigmoid colon being microcolon is noticed. Newborn underwent exploration primary ileostomy and distal mucus stoma of transverse colon was done.