ArticleEuropean journal of pediatric surgery reports2015
The Appendix and Aganglionosis. A Note of Caution-How the Histology Can Mislead the Surgeon in Total Colonic Hirschsprung Disease.
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- Appendix tip biopsy for Total colonic aganglionosis: technical aspects and diagnostic accuracy in a prospective cohort of 107 pediatric patients.Pediatric surgery international · 2026Observational
- Surgical pathology of Hirschsprung disease (HSCR).World journal of pediatric surgery · 2025Review
- Is the appendix a good organ to diagnose total colonic aganglionosis?Pediatric surgery international · 2022Article
- Skip Segment Hirschsprung Disease Managed by Pull-Through of the Right Colon.European journal of pediatric surgery reports · 2021Article
- Jejunal perforation as an unusual presentation of total colonic aganglionosis in a neonate: A case report.International journal of surgery case reports · 2017Article
- A Retrospective Cohort Study of Total Colonic Aganglionosis: Is the Appendix a Reliable Diagnostic Tool?Journal of neonatal surgeryArticle
- A Retrospective Cohort Study of Total Colonic Aganglionosis: Is the Appendix a Reliable Diagnostic Tool?Journal of neonatal surgeryArticle
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Abstract
We present the case of a child with presumed total colonic Hirschsprung disease (HD) to highlight the problems the surgeon is likely to encounter if he/she relies on the appendix alone for histopathologic diagnosis. A newborn male infant, who was presumed to have total colonic aganglionosis when the appendix was found to be aganglionic at the time of initial exploratory laparoscopy, was managed with an ileostomy in the newborn period; however, at the time of his planned pull-through procedure, the rectal biopsy revealed normal ganglion cells. The child was subsequently managed with ileostomy closure and observed for normal feeding and stooling prior to discharge home. We discuss the histopathologic findings of the appendix in separate cases of confirmed total colonic HD seen in our center, and review the normal histopathologic findings of the appendix.
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