Rare case of adult intestinal hypoganglionosis and review of the literature
Autor: | Alice Lee, Thomas Surya Suhardja, James Tow-Hing Lim, Ian Simpson |
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Rok vydání: | 2020 |
Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
medicine.medical_treatment 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Laparotomy medicine Humans Neurofibromatosis Colectomy Aged Splenic flexure business.industry Gastroenterology Transverse colon General Medicine Abdominal distension medicine.disease Hypoganglionosis Colonic Pseudo-Obstruction 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis 030211 gastroenterology & hepatology Female Radiology medicine.symptom business Tomography X-Ray Computed Abdominal surgery Dilatation Pathologic |
Zdroj: | Clinical journal of gastroenterology. 14(2) |
ISSN: | 1865-7265 |
Popis: | Intestinal hypoganglionosis is a rare condition in adults. We report a case of intestinal hypoganglionosis in the mid-distal transverse colon to splenic flexure in a 65-year-old female patient presenting with altered bowel habit and abdominal distension, and reviewed the current literature on this topic. Our patient had a medical history of neurofibromatosis type 1. A preoperative computed tomography (CT) scan demonstrated a grossly dilated transverse colon without obstruction. A laparotomy for subtotal colectomy was performed, with histopathology demonstrating intestinal hypoganglionosis. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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