Congenital absence of jejunum and ileum: A case report and literature review

We report an extremely rare finding 'congenital absence of jejunum and ileum' during explorative laparotomy of a 16-day-old female neonate. The dilated duodenum was terminating blindly, and the next segment of intestine was a peanut-sized cecum followed by microcolon. On an extensive surve...

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Published in:	African journal of paediatric surgery Vol. 14; no. 3; pp. 53 - 55
Main Authors:	Tripathy, Prasanta, Ray, Banoj, Mohanty, Hiranya
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	India Wolters Kluwer India Pvt. Ltd 01-07-2017 Medknow Publications and Media Pvt. Ltd Medknow Publications & Media Pvt. Ltd Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
Subjects:	Abdomen Absence of jejunum and ileum Babies Birth defects Care and treatment Case Report Case reports Case studies Classification Diagnosis duodenocolic anastomosis Female Humans Ileum - abnormalities Ileum - surgery Infant, Newborn intestinal atresia Intestinal Atresia - surgery Jejunum - abnormalities Jejunum - surgery Literature reviews Neonatal care Pediatrics Surgery Surgical anastomosis Absence of jejunum and ileum duodenocolic anastomosis intestinal atresia
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Summary:	We report an extremely rare finding 'congenital absence of jejunum and ileum' during explorative laparotomy of a 16-day-old female neonate. The dilated duodenum was terminating blindly, and the next segment of intestine was a peanut-sized cecum followed by microcolon. On an extensive survey of literature this type of intestinal atresia is not reported in living babies.
Bibliography:	ObjectType-Case Study-3 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 content type line 23 ObjectType-Review-1 ObjectType-Feature-5 ObjectType-Report-2 ObjectType-Article-4
ISSN:	0189-6725 0974-5998
DOI:	10.4103/ajps.AJPS_63_16