These tools will no longer be maintained as of December 31, 2024. Archived website can be found here. PubMed4Hh GitHub repository can be found here. Contact NLM Customer Service if you have questions.


Pubmed for Handhelds

PUBMED FOR HANDHELDS

Search MEDLINE/PubMed

  • Title: Mortality due to constipation and short-segment Hirschsprung's disease.
    Author: Singh SJ, Arbuckle S, Little D, Manglick MP, Cass D.
    Journal: Pediatr Surg Int; 2004 Dec; 20(11-12):889-91. PubMed ID: 15490194.
    Abstract:
    We report a case of mortality secondary to constipation. A 12-year-old child with a history of constipation from the age of 9 years presented in moribund condition with intestinal obstruction secondary to idiopathic constipation. He underwent laparotomy and died within 24 h of operation. At postmortem there was no evidence of abnormalities of the enteric nervous system. A 2nd case of early neonatal death from Hirschsprung's disease is presented to demonstrate that short-segment aganglionosis can be detected at postmortem. Enterocolitis can rapidly progress and be fatal in short-segment Hirschsprung's disease.
    [Abstract] [Full Text] [Related] [New Search]