Multiple associated anomalies in a single patient of duodenal atresia: a case report

BACKGROUND: Duodenal atresia is a common cause of intestinal obstruction in neonates. It is associated with other congenital anomalies like Down's syndrome, annular pancreas etc. CASE PRESENTATION: We present a case of a two days old male baby presented to us with bilious vomiting since birth....

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Mirza, Bilal, Ijaz, Lubna, Saleem, Muhammed, Sheikh, Afzal
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2569030/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18837988
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1757-1626-1-215
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Sumario:BACKGROUND: Duodenal atresia is a common cause of intestinal obstruction in neonates. It is associated with other congenital anomalies like Down's syndrome, annular pancreas etc. CASE PRESENTATION: We present a case of a two days old male baby presented to us with bilious vomiting since birth. It was associated with Down's syndrome, Annular pancreas and Malrotation. CONCLUSION: Duodenal atresia is associated with other congenital anomalies but more than one congenital anomalies in a single patient is very rare.

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