Anorectal malformation (ARM) is one of the most common congenital anomaly that requires emergency surgery in the neonatal period. ARMs are frequently associated with other life threatening congenital anomalies. Commonly associated anomalies are genito-urinary, cardiovascular, gastro-intestinal, skeletal and spinal. Alimentary tract anomalies are frequently masked by the intestinal obstruction p...

biliary atresia is characterized by the progressive obliteration of extra- and intrahepatic biliary duct system leading to the obstruction of bile flow in infancy. the cause(s) of biliary atresia remain unclear and many surgical options for bypassing the atretic segment have been described. 1-3 biliary atresia may be associated with small bowel atresia.  the surgical interventions for biliary d...

Duodenal atresia (DA) with small bowel atresia is an extremely rare condition. The widely accepted theory beyond DA development differs from that for small bowel atresia. We report here a case of a baby having both conditions. 2014 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. Duodenal atresia is believed to occur due to failure of recanalization, whereas jejunal atresia is due t...

Duodenal atresia is rarely associated with situs inversus abdominus. We report a case of duodenal atresia associated with small bowel atresia of apple peel type and situs inversus abdominus.

BACKGROUND Colonic atresia (CA) is a rare form of congenital intestinal atresia. Although CA may be isolated, it is more commonly reported in literature in association with other congenital anomalies. MATERIALS AND METHODS This study is a review of prospectively collected data of all the patients with colonic atresia presented to our center (Ain Shams University) during 2008 to 2016. RESULT...

Biliary atresia is characterized by the progressive obliteration of extra- and intrahepatic biliary duct system leading to the obstruction of bile flow in infancy. The cause(s) of biliary atresia remain unclear and many surgical options for bypassing the atretic segment have been described.1-3 Biliary atresia may be associated with small bowel atresia.  The surgical interventions for biliary dr...

Most cases of isolated nonduodenal bowel atresia are thought to be due to ischemic events from hypotension, vascular accident, volvulus, intussusception and cocaine. We present a case of isolated ileal atresia suggested using results of prenatal sonography which showed multiple markedly dilated fluid-filled intestinal loops with changeable shapes and positions secondary to active peristalsis. P...

A 78 year old woman with myelofibrosis presented with an acute small bowel obstruction. Pathology of the resected small bowel showed extramedullary haemopoiesis leading to acute small bowel obstruction. As far as we know this is the first such reported case.

INTESTINAL obstruction in the newborn infant may seem at fist consideration to represent a rather small segment of neonatal pathology. Yet it is responsible for most of the surgery in the newborn period and for the most discouraging mortality figures of any of the neonatal surgical entities within reach of therapy. The purpose of this discussion is to provide that perspective which could lead t...

Correspondence to: Mr SJ K Holmes. Introduction There are now sufficient data on the sonographic appearance ofnormal fetal gut to allow intestinal abnormality in the antenatal period to be diagnosed, although as yet relatively little attention has been paid to the implications for the child. We present eight such cases. Six children were found to have midgut atresia, three of whom had evidence ...