Gastrointestinal Duplication Presenting as Neonatal Intestinal Obstruction: An Experience of 15 Years at Tertiary Care Centre

Gastrointestinal Duplication Presenting as Neonatal Intestinal Obstruction: An Experience of 15 Years at Tertiary Care Centre

BACKGROUND Gastrointestinal tract (GIT) duplications are one of the rare congenital anomalies and can occur in any portion of the gastrointestinal tract but are more commonly encountered in small intestine. The duplication cysts cause symptoms like abdominal mass and intestinal obstruction requiring surgery or may remain asymptomatic. We are reporting our 15 years' experience duplication cysts ...

Congenital Neonatal Intestinal Obstruction: Retrospective Analysis at Tertiary Care Hospital

BACKGROUND The purpose of this study is to analyze the etiology, clinical presentation and outcome of neonatal intestinal obstruction at our institute. MATERIALS AND METHODS The medical record of all the patients, presented with intestinal obstruction in neonatal period during 2014 and 2015 was reviewed retrospectively for etiology, clinical features, investigations, management, and outcome. ...

Neonatal Currarino's syndrome presenting as intestinal obstruction.

Intestinal Pseudo-Obstruction as an Unusual Gastrointestinal Presentation in Pediatric Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection

Intestinal pseudo-obstruction is a condition in which the intestine’s ability to push food through is reduced. It often leads to the dilation of the various parts of the bowel. It can be idiopathic or inherited from a parent, or caused by another disease. We report a rare case of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection in a 3-year-old boy who referred with acute abdominal pain, and was lat...

Environmental Risk Factors for Anterior Encephaloceles: 15 Years’ Experience at a Tertiary Centre in India

Anterior encephalocele (AE) is a rare congenital malformation in the central nervous system with a reportedly high prevalence in Assam, Northeast India. As there exists substantial variations in the etiology of the disease, determination of risk factors and timely intervention could reduce associated morbidity. A retrospective chart review of patients with AE who were born at or referred to Ass...