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Case Reports
. 2024 May 17;121(10):344.
doi: 10.3238/arztebl.m2023.0103.

Aganglionic Megacolon (Hirschsprung's Disease)-61 Years to Diagnosis

Daniel Schmitz, Jörg-Peter Ritz, Michael Wöhlke
Case Reports

Aganglionic Megacolon (Hirschsprung's Disease)-61 Years to Diagnosis

Daniel Schmitz et al. Dtsch Arztebl Int. .
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Abdominal radiography (left) and sagittal CT (right) (kindly provided by Prof. Dr. Hans-Jürgen Raatschen, Radiology Department, Helios Hospitals Schwerin) in a 62-year-old woman with aganglionic megacolon (Hirschsprung disease) and status post left hemicolectomy in infancy show enlargement of the residual colon to over 10 cm (arrow) and a typically narrow, deep rectum (asterisk).
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