Image of the Month: Decision-Making in Surgery for Late Onset Hirschsprung Disease

We present a case of a 14-year-old boy with chronic distension, poor growth, and chronic constipation. He undergoes anorectal manometry and rectal biopsy, confirming the diagnosis of Hirschsprung disease (HD). The case is presented with a key image and associated questions to prompt discussion on st...

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Autores principales: Apte, Anisha, McKenna, Elise, Levitt, Marc A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Georg Thieme Verlag KG 2020
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7714618/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33294308
http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0040-1721049
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description We present a case of a 14-year-old boy with chronic distension, poor growth, and chronic constipation. He undergoes anorectal manometry and rectal biopsy, confirming the diagnosis of Hirschsprung disease (HD). The case is presented with a key image and associated questions to prompt discussion on strategies for management and treatment of HD in late-diagnosed children.
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spelling pubmed-77146182020-12-07 Image of the Month: Decision-Making in Surgery for Late Onset Hirschsprung Disease Apte, Anisha McKenna, Elise Levitt, Marc A. European J Pediatr Surg Rep We present a case of a 14-year-old boy with chronic distension, poor growth, and chronic constipation. He undergoes anorectal manometry and rectal biopsy, confirming the diagnosis of Hirschsprung disease (HD). The case is presented with a key image and associated questions to prompt discussion on strategies for management and treatment of HD in late-diagnosed children. Georg Thieme Verlag KG 2020-01 2020-12-03 /pmc/articles/PMC7714618/ /pubmed/33294308 http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0040-1721049 Text en The Author(s). This is an open access article published by Thieme under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, permitting unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction so long as the original work is properly cited. ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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