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==Overview== | |||
==Differential Diagnosis== | |||
* | Hirschprung's disease must be differentiated from other diseases in infancy presenting with similar features such as failure to pass meconium, abdominal distention and non-bilious vomiting. The following diseases have similar presentation as Hirschsprung's disease: | ||
** | *Meconium plug syndrome | ||
** | *Small left colon syndrome | ||
*Distal small bowel /colonic atresia | |||
*Meconium ileus and cystic fibrosis complex | |||
*Congenital hypothyroidism | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Revision as of 21:33, 13 June 2017
Template:Hirschsprung disease Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Ahmed Younes M.B.B.CH [2]
Overview
Differential Diagnosis
Hirschprung's disease must be differentiated from other diseases in infancy presenting with similar features such as failure to pass meconium, abdominal distention and non-bilious vomiting. The following diseases have similar presentation as Hirschsprung's disease:
- Meconium plug syndrome
- Small left colon syndrome
- Distal small bowel /colonic atresia
- Meconium ileus and cystic fibrosis complex
- Congenital hypothyroidism