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Adult Hirschprung's disease diagnosed postoperatively: A case report

BACKGROUND: Hirschprung's Disease (HD) is a congenital disease where the ganglion cells that innervate the colon fail to migrate. Most cases are diagnosed during childhood, however, in rare cases it can go unnoticed until adulthood. CASE PRESENTATION: We present a case of a 40-year-old-man who...

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Autores principales: Anadani, Rami, Aladna, Abdallah, Radwan, Sura, Zeino, Zainab, Albakkar, Farah, Aljaber, Ahmad, Mahli, Nihad
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9052167/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35495386
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.amsu.2022.103512
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author Anadani, Rami
Aladna, Abdallah
Radwan, Sura
Zeino, Zainab
Albakkar, Farah
Aljaber, Ahmad
Mahli, Nihad
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description BACKGROUND: Hirschprung's Disease (HD) is a congenital disease where the ganglion cells that innervate the colon fail to migrate. Most cases are diagnosed during childhood, however, in rare cases it can go unnoticed until adulthood. CASE PRESENTATION: We present a case of a 40-year-old-man who had been managing his chronic constipation with an atypical diet, until he was diagnosed with HD following an emergent abdominal surgery due to unresolved constipation. His diagnosis was delayed mainly out of fear of medical procedures. The surgery was later complicated and followed by a second and a final third and definitive surgery, suitable for the diagnosis of HD. CONCLUSION: HD should be included in the differential diagnosis of constipation even in this age. Also, patient awareness should be increased to ensure better quality of life.
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spelling pubmed-90521672022-04-30 Adult Hirschprung's disease diagnosed postoperatively: A case report Anadani, Rami Aladna, Abdallah Radwan, Sura Zeino, Zainab Albakkar, Farah Aljaber, Ahmad Mahli, Nihad Ann Med Surg (Lond) Case Report BACKGROUND: Hirschprung's Disease (HD) is a congenital disease where the ganglion cells that innervate the colon fail to migrate. Most cases are diagnosed during childhood, however, in rare cases it can go unnoticed until adulthood. CASE PRESENTATION: We present a case of a 40-year-old-man who had been managing his chronic constipation with an atypical diet, until he was diagnosed with HD following an emergent abdominal surgery due to unresolved constipation. His diagnosis was delayed mainly out of fear of medical procedures. The surgery was later complicated and followed by a second and a final third and definitive surgery, suitable for the diagnosis of HD. CONCLUSION: HD should be included in the differential diagnosis of constipation even in this age. Also, patient awareness should be increased to ensure better quality of life. Elsevier 2022-03-28 /pmc/articles/PMC9052167/ /pubmed/35495386 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.amsu.2022.103512 Text en © 2022 The Authors https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Aladna, Abdallah
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Aljaber, Ahmad
Mahli, Nihad
Adult Hirschprung's disease diagnosed postoperatively: A case report
title Adult Hirschprung's disease diagnosed postoperatively: A case report
title_full Adult Hirschprung's disease diagnosed postoperatively: A case report
title_fullStr Adult Hirschprung's disease diagnosed postoperatively: A case report
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title_short Adult Hirschprung's disease diagnosed postoperatively: A case report
title_sort adult hirschprung's disease diagnosed postoperatively: a case report
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9052167/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35495386
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.amsu.2022.103512
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