Over 100 years ago vascular insufficiency was suggested as a cause of intestinal atresia. This remained a popular hypothesis until Tandler (1902) produced his work on the development of the duodenum, showing a stage at which the lumen was obliterated and postulating that arrest of development at this stage and failure of recanalization produced atresia. This theory was applied indiscriminately ...

A 2-day-old, term male neonate, weighing 2.1 kg, 1st in birth order was born by normal delivery. He presented to our department with a small fleshy swelling at the base of the umbilicus, bilious vomiting and epigastric fullness. Antenatal ultrasounds were not done. On examination, the baby was hemodynamically stable, pulse rate150/min and respiratory rate-50/min. anicteric and mildly dehydrated...

Over 100 years ago vascular insufficiency was suggested as a cause of intestinal atresia. This remained a popular hypothesis until Tandler (1902) produced his work on the development of the duodenum, showing a stage at which the lumen was obliterated and postulating that arrest of development at this stage and failure of recanalization produced atresia. This theory was applied indiscriminately ...

DESCRIPTION A preterm neonate weighing 1360 g was born at 33+2 weeks’ gestation with severe polyhydramnios. She was transferred, directly after delivery, to our neonatal intensive care unit presenting with distended upper abdomen and vomiting. A plain film of the abdomen (figure 1) was performed with the suspicion of duodenal atresia and showed a markedly distended stomach (S) and proximal duod...

A full-term, 2700 g, one-day-old baby presented with imperforate anus, bilious vomiting and abdominal distension. Physical examination, ultrasonography abdomen and echocardiography revealed no associated congenital anomalies. Local examination of the perineum revealed white epithelial pearls in the penoscrotal raphe with well-developed gluteal folds (Fig. A), consistent with anocutaneous fi stu...

Objective This report documents the authors' experiences in the management of "complex" jejunoileal atresia (JIA) and provides a review of the recent literature on "simple" and "complex" JIA. Materials and Methods This is a retrospective study of eight cases of "complex" JIA managed at the Pediatric Surgical Unit of Infermi Hospital in Rimini from 2002 to 2012. The inclusion criteria are all ca...

Fetal intestinal volvulus is a rare life-threatening condition. Late diagnosis of volvulus contributes to high rate of morbidity and mortality. It has variable degrees of presentation and survival. Intrauterine volvulus may be complicated by intestinal atresia due to ischemic necrosis. To our knowledge, there are three reported cases of term fetal demise. We report a case of fetal intestinal vo...