SEGMENTAL DILATATION OF SMALL BOWEL

Segmental dilatation of the small intestine.

In 1959 Swenson and Rathauser described three patients with an unusual dilatation of the colon. Each case had been referred to the hospital with a diagnosis of Hirschsprung's disease (congenital aganglionic megacolon), and on the whole the histories were consistent with this diagnosis. Histological examination of a pre-operative rectal biopsy specimen and a specimen taken during operation, howe...

Small bowel capillary dilatation in portal hypertension.

A patient with small bowel capillary dilatation and cirrhosis is reported. This patient had persistent, unexplained gastrointestinal bleeding. Small bowel capillary dilatation appears to be unique to patients with portal hypertension. The possible role of small bowel capillary dilatation in causing gastrointestinal bleeding is discussed.

Segmental Small-Bowel Gangrene Associated with Yersinia pseudotuberculosis Infection

Yersinia pseudotuberculosis (Y. pseudotuberculosis) is a gramnegative facultative anaerobe bacillus that can grow at low temperature (4°C). Consequently, the quantity of bacteria in food after several days of conservation in a refrigerator increases dramatically. It belongs, together with its homologue Yersinia pestis, to the family of Enterobacteriaceae. Yersinia pseudotuberculosis strains can...

Pediatric Surgery Congenital Segmental Dilatation of Colon

Segmented dilatation of the colon belongs to the group of poorly understood dysmotility disorders of colon related to Hirschsprung's disease but without abnormality of ganglion cells. Of the fourteen previously reported cases of segmental dilatation of colon in the English literature, only two had presented in the neonatal age(l,2). We report a similar case and highlight the features common to ...

Practical Lessons from the Small Bowel Bleeding Lesions: A Case Report on Small Bowel Cavernous Hemangioma