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A case report of Hirschsprung’s disease presenting as sigmoid volvulus and literature review, Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
BACKGROUND: Sigmoid volvulus is an uncommon problem in children and adolescents, and is rarely considered a diagnosis in this group. A high index of suspicion is necessary to reach a diagnosis and avoid morbidity and mortality. Sigmoid volvulus is a rare complication of Hirschsprung’s disease, which...
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author | Gosaye, Abay Wondimu Nane, Temesgen Setato Negussie, Tihitena Mammo |
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description | BACKGROUND: Sigmoid volvulus is an uncommon problem in children and adolescents, and is rarely considered a diagnosis in this group. A high index of suspicion is necessary to reach a diagnosis and avoid morbidity and mortality. Sigmoid volvulus is a rare complication of Hirschsprung’s disease, which has been reported in neonates, children, and adults. Here we report a case of sigmoid volvulus accompanied by undiagnosed Hirschsprung's disease. CASE PRESENTATION: A 9 years old boy who presented with sudden onset of colicky abdominal pain of 4 h duration associated with gross abdominal distension and 2 episodes of non-bilious vomiting. A plain abdominal radiographs showed single hugely dilated bowel loops in the left lower quadrant with single air fluid level. Sigmoid volvulus was considered and rectal tube deflation was done and it was successful. Full thickness rectal biopsy was done and it was consistent with aganglionic megacolon. A primary trans-anal Soave endo-rectal pull through was done 3 weeks later, after biopsy result arrived, which yielded loss of symptoms and regular bowel movement. CONCLUSIONS: Sigmoid volvulus should be considered in the differential for children presenting with acute onset of abdominal obstruction. It should be known that when its’s diagnosed in children, it is often associated with Hirschsprung's disease. Therefore, a proper diagnostic and treatment algorithm should be followed in order not to miss associated HD and to give optimum care to such patients. |
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spelling | pubmed-79313632021-03-05 A case report of Hirschsprung’s disease presenting as sigmoid volvulus and literature review, Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Gosaye, Abay Wondimu Nane, Temesgen Setato Negussie, Tihitena Mammo BMC Surg Case Report BACKGROUND: Sigmoid volvulus is an uncommon problem in children and adolescents, and is rarely considered a diagnosis in this group. A high index of suspicion is necessary to reach a diagnosis and avoid morbidity and mortality. Sigmoid volvulus is a rare complication of Hirschsprung’s disease, which has been reported in neonates, children, and adults. Here we report a case of sigmoid volvulus accompanied by undiagnosed Hirschsprung's disease. CASE PRESENTATION: A 9 years old boy who presented with sudden onset of colicky abdominal pain of 4 h duration associated with gross abdominal distension and 2 episodes of non-bilious vomiting. A plain abdominal radiographs showed single hugely dilated bowel loops in the left lower quadrant with single air fluid level. Sigmoid volvulus was considered and rectal tube deflation was done and it was successful. Full thickness rectal biopsy was done and it was consistent with aganglionic megacolon. A primary trans-anal Soave endo-rectal pull through was done 3 weeks later, after biopsy result arrived, which yielded loss of symptoms and regular bowel movement. CONCLUSIONS: Sigmoid volvulus should be considered in the differential for children presenting with acute onset of abdominal obstruction. It should be known that when its’s diagnosed in children, it is often associated with Hirschsprung's disease. Therefore, a proper diagnostic and treatment algorithm should be followed in order not to miss associated HD and to give optimum care to such patients. BioMed Central 2021-03-03 /pmc/articles/PMC7931363/ /pubmed/33657993 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12893-020-00938-x Text en © The Author(s) 2021 Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated in a credit line to the data. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Gosaye, Abay Wondimu Nane, Temesgen Setato Negussie, Tihitena Mammo A case report of Hirschsprung’s disease presenting as sigmoid volvulus and literature review, Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia |
title | A case report of Hirschsprung’s disease presenting as sigmoid volvulus and literature review, Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia |
title_full | A case report of Hirschsprung’s disease presenting as sigmoid volvulus and literature review, Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia |
title_fullStr | A case report of Hirschsprung’s disease presenting as sigmoid volvulus and literature review, Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia |
title_full_unstemmed | A case report of Hirschsprung’s disease presenting as sigmoid volvulus and literature review, Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia |
title_short | A case report of Hirschsprung’s disease presenting as sigmoid volvulus and literature review, Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia |
title_sort | case report of hirschsprung’s disease presenting as sigmoid volvulus and literature review, tikur anbessa specialized hospital, addis ababa, ethiopia |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7931363/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33657993 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12893-020-00938-x |
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