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Colonic Atresia: A Clinicopathological Insight into its Etiology

2009; Thieme Medical Publishers (Germany); Volume: 20; Issue: 02 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1055/s-0029-1242735

1439-359X

Maciej Bagłaj, Robert Carachi, BJ MacCormack,

Congenital gastrointestinal and neural anomalies

Background: The pathogenesis of colonic atresia (CA) has not been discussed in detail, although the theory of a prenatal vascular insult, hypothesized from patients with small bowel atresia, has been accepted in the past. This review questions this etiology by reviewing all patients with CA treated in two institutions.