CASE REPORT |
|
Year : 2016 | Volume
: 3
| Issue : 4 | Page : 220-223 |
|
Late diagnosis of Hirschsprung’s disease
Suleiman Lawal, Philip O Ibinaiye, Sefiya A Olarinoye-Akorede, Joseph B Igashi, Ahmed H Umdagas
Department of Radiology, Ahmadu Bello University/AhmaduBello University Teaching Hospital, Zaria, Kaduna, Nigeria
Correspondence Address:
Suleiman Lawal Radiology Department, Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, Zaria Nigeria
Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None | Check |
DOI: 10.4103/ssajm.ssajm_28_16
|
|
Hirschsprung’s disease is a congenital aganglionosis of the submucosal and myenteric neural plexuses principally affecting the rectosigmoid or rectal segments of varying length. Most cases become manifest during the neonatal period,but in rare instances, the disease is initially diagnosed in older children or adult patients. |
|
|
|
[FULL TEXT] [PDF]* |
|
|
|