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Case Reports
. 1979 Dec;14(6):686-7.
doi: 10.1016/s0022-3468(79)80245-6.

Hirschsprung's disease with skip area (segmental aganglionosis)

L W Martin, J J Buchino, C LeCoultre, E T Ballard, W W Neblett
Case Reports

Hirschsprung's disease with skip area (segmental aganglionosis)

L W Martin et al. J Pediatr Surg. 1979 Dec.

Abstract

Hirschsprung's disease is characterized by a single aganglionic segment of colon extending distally to the anal margin. Well documented reports of segmental aganglionosis have been rare. We report a case of segmental aganglionosis in which there were two distinct aganglionic segments resected. The entire transverse colon between the two aganglionic segments was normally ganglionated, preserved, and utilized and functions in a normal fashion.

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