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Case of the Day
Case of the Day
A one-month-old infant was brought with abdominal distension and vomiting since five days. The infant had passed stools 48 hours after birth only after administration of an enema.
A one-month-old infant was brought with abdominal distension and vomiting since five days. The infant had passed stools 48 hours after birth only after administration of an enema.
Water soluble contrast enema shows a transition zone at the junction of the descending colon and sigmoid colon. The descending, transverse and ascending colon are mildly dilated. The anal canal is normal. Few variable sized filling defects are seen in the descending colon, sigmoid and ascending colon suggestive of fecalomas.
Water soluble contrast enema shows a transition zone at the junction of the descending colon and sigmoid colon. The descending, transverse and ascending colon are mildly dilated. The anal canal is normal. Few variable sized filling defects are seen in the descending colon, sigmoid and ascending colon suggestive of fecalomas.
Hirschsprung's disease is named after Harald Hirschsprung, the Danish physician who first described the condition in 1888.While Hirschsprung's case descriptions in 1888 were crucial, the disease itself was first documented even earlier by other physicians such as Frederick Ruysch in 1691 and Domenico Battini in 1800.
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