Summary
Definition
History and exam
Key diagnostic factors
- vomiting
- explosive passage of liquid and foul stools
- abdominal distension
- delayed passage of meconium
- fever
- failure to thrive
Risk factors
- Down's syndrome
- multiple endocrine neoplasia type IIA
- male gender
- gene mutations (chromosome 10 and 21)
Diagnostic investigations
Treatment algorithm
Contributors
Authors VIEW ALL
Pediatric Surgeon
Assistant Director of the International Center for Colorectal and Urogenital Care
Children's Hospital Colorado
Associate Professor of Surgery
University of Colorado
Aurora
CO
Disclosures
AB is a co-author of several references cited in this monograph.
Pediatric Surgeon
Director of the International Center for Colorectal and Urogenital Care
Children's Hospital Colorado
Professor of Surgery
University of Colorado
Aurora
CO
Disclosures
AP is a co-author of several references cited in this monograph.
Dr Andrea Bischoff and Dr Alberto Peña would like to gratefully acknowledge Dr Marc A. Levitt, a previous contributor to this monograph. MAL declares that he has no competing interests.
Peer reviewers VIEW ALL
Pediatric Surgeon
Radboud University Nijmegen
Academic Medical Center
Nijmegen
Netherlands
Disclosures
IdB declares that he has no competing interests.
Colorectal Pediatric Surgeon
Chief of the Colorectal Clinic
Hospital Infantil de Mexico Federico Gomez
Mexico
Disclosures
JMT declares that he has no competing interests.
Pediatric Surgeon
Department of Pediatric Surgery
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston
MA
Disclosures
DPD declares that he has no competing interests.
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