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The Appendix and Aganglionosis. A Note of Caution—How the Histology Can Mislead the Surgeon in Total Colonic Hirschsprung Disease

We present the case of a child with presumed total colonic Hirschsprung disease (HD) to highlight the problems the surgeon is likely to encounter if he/she relies on the appendix alone for histopathologic diagnosis. A newborn male infant, who was presumed to have total colonic aganglionosis when the...

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Autores principales: Lane, Victoria Alison, Levitt, Marc A., Baker, Peter, Minneci, Peter, Deans, Katherine
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Georg Thieme Verlag KG 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4487127/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26171305
http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0035-1552559

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