Intestinal atresia in twins
Intestinal atresia is a congenital anomaly which results in the discontinuity or narrowing of the bowel lumen. Although intestinal atresia is a common congenital malformation, it rarely occurs in twins. In this case report we present on twins born with jejunal atresias at a community hospital in For...
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| description | Intestinal atresia is a congenital anomaly which results in the discontinuity or narrowing of the bowel lumen. Although intestinal atresia is a common congenital malformation, it rarely occurs in twins. In this case report we present on twins born with jejunal atresias at a community hospital in Fort Worth, Texas. This is the 8th reported twin pair with jejunal atresia and the 19th overall report of twins with intestinal atresia. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5665c2cb03ed44c1bfbce5b72f993fbd2022-12-22T03:22:43ZengElsevierJournal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports2213-57662022-07-0182102316Intestinal atresia in twinsLucas Fair0Brett Johnson1John Uffman2Department of Surgery, Cook Children's Medical Center, Fort Worth, TX, USA; Department of Surgery, Baylor University Medical Center, 3500 Gaston Ave, Dallas, TX, 75034, USA; Corresponding author. Baylor University Medical Center, 3500 Gaston Ave, Dallas, TX, 75034, USA.Department of Surgery, Cook Children's Medical Center, Fort Worth, TX, USA; Department of Surgery, Baylor University Medical Center, 3500 Gaston Ave, Dallas, TX, 75034, USADepartment of Surgery, Cook Children's Medical Center, Fort Worth, TX, USAIntestinal atresia is a congenital anomaly which results in the discontinuity or narrowing of the bowel lumen. Although intestinal atresia is a common congenital malformation, it rarely occurs in twins. In this case report we present on twins born with jejunal atresias at a community hospital in Fort Worth, Texas. This is the 8th reported twin pair with jejunal atresia and the 19th overall report of twins with intestinal atresia.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213576622001439Case reportIntestinal atresiaDiagnosisTwinsDouble-bubbleMalformation |
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| title | Intestinal atresia in twins |
| title_full | Intestinal atresia in twins |
| title_fullStr | Intestinal atresia in twins |
| title_full_unstemmed | Intestinal atresia in twins |
| title_short | Intestinal atresia in twins |
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| topic | Case report Intestinal atresia Diagnosis Twins Double-bubble Malformation |
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