Small intestine & ampulla
Congenital anomalies
Atresia / stenosis
Author: Hanni Gulwani, M.B.B.S.
Last author update: 1 August 2012
Last staff update: 18 November 2020
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PubMed Search: Small bowel[TIAB] atresia stenosis
Cite this page: Gulwani H. Atresia / stenosis. PathologyOutlines.com website. https://www.pathologyoutlines.com/topic/smallbowelatresiastenosis.html. Accessed April 20th, 2024.
Definition / general
- Atresia: imperforate mucosal diaphragm or string-like segment of bowel
- Stenosis: narrowing of lumen; less common
- Complications: perforation, meconium peritonitis, brown bowel syndrome
Etiology
- Developmental failure, intrauterine vascular accidents, intussusceptions
Case reports
- 46 day old boy with multiple areas of jejunal atresia with apple peel deformity (twisted around an artery) associated with 22q11 abnormality (Arch Pathol Lab Med 2000;124:880)
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