J Korean Radiol Soc.  2006 Sep;55(3):295-298. 10.3348/jkrs.2006.55.3.295.

Neuronal Intestinal Dysplasia in an Infant: Case Report

Affiliations
  • 1Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Chungnam National University Hospital, Korea. jckim@cnu.ac.kr
  • 2Department of General Surgery, Chungnam National University Hospital, Korea.
  • 3Department of Anatomic Pathology, Chungnam National University Hospital, Korea.

Abstract

Neuronal intestinal dysplasia in pediatric patients has similar clinical symptoms and often similar radiologic findings to those of Hirschsprung's disease. Yet neuronal intestinal dysplasia shows hyperplasia of the myenteric plexus for the pathology, and it requires different treatment compared with Hirschsprung disease. This disease has been reported many times in Europe but, to date, only one case has been reported in the radiologic literatures in Korea. We report here on a case of neuronal intestinal dysplasia that involved the entire colon in a two-month-old boy, and we include the radiographic findings.

Keyword

Infants, newborn, gastrointestinal tract; Intestines, radiography

MeSH Terms

Colon
Europe
Hirschsprung Disease
Humans
Hyperplasia
Infant*
Korea
Male
Myenteric Plexus
Neurons*
Pathology
Full Text Links
  • JKRS
Actions
Cited
CITED
export Copy
Close
Share
  • Twitter
  • Facebook
Similar articles
Copyright © 2024 by Korean Association of Medical Journal Editors. All rights reserved.     E-mail: koreamed@kamje.or.kr