Familial combined duodenal and jejunal atresia

Combined duodenal and jejunal atresia is extremely uncommon. The familial occurrence of congenital duodenal and small bowel atresia is even more unusual. To the authors' knowledge, this is the first report of two siblings with simultaneous duodenal and jejunal atresia who underwent successful s...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of pediatric surgery 1996-11, Vol.31 (11), p.1573-1573
Hauptverfasser:	Gross, E, Armon, Y, Abu-Dalu, K, Gale, R, Schiller, M
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Abnormalities, Multiple - surgery Biological and medical sciences Duodenal Obstruction - congenital Duodenal Obstruction - surgery Family Health Humans Infant, Newborn Intestinal Atresia - surgery Jejunum - abnormalities Jejunum - surgery Male Medical sciences Stomach, duodenum, intestine, rectum, anus Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases Surgery of the digestive system
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Zusammenfassung:	Combined duodenal and jejunal atresia is extremely uncommon. The familial occurrence of congenital duodenal and small bowel atresia is even more unusual. To the authors' knowledge, this is the first report of two siblings with simultaneous duodenal and jejunal atresia who underwent successful surgical repair. The report may support the genetic origin of some forms of high intestinal atresia.
ISSN:	0022-3468 1531-5037
DOI:	10.1016/S0022-3468(96)90182-7