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Published on: February 3, 2016
Megacystis, megacolon, and malrotation: a new syndromic association?
A Pini Prato1, V Rossi, M Fiore
1Department of Pediatric Surgery, Giannina Gaslini Institute, Genoa, Italy. apinipr@tin.it
Abstract:
Chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction (CIPO) can occur as a consequence of neuropathies including diffuse Intestinal Neuronal Dysplasia (IND), a relatively rare enteric nervous system (ENS) abnormality. Although various authors reported of diffuse IND associated either with intestinal malrotation or megacystis, the co-existence of these three entities in the same patient has never been described before. The aim of this paper is to report for the first time in literature a series of patient with such association, focusing on one who carries a de novo duplication of chromosome 12, suggesting a new syndromic association (megacolon, megacystis, malrotation).
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