Showing posts with label congenital disease. Show all posts
Showing posts with label congenital disease. Show all posts

Monday, March 3, 2014

Small intestine malformations

Which are the main intestinal malformations ?

1 in every 5000-10000 newborns suffer from intestinal malformations
The main intestinal malformations are:
  1. intestinal aplasia: the lack of continuity between two segments of theintestine
  2. intestinal atresia: two segments of the intestine that are conected by an impermeable fibrous cord
  3. intestinal diaphragm: thin membrane that determines stenosis in the intestinal lumen