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Hirschsprung's disease
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Hirschsprung's disease

Condition in which part of the bowel lacks a normal nerve supply. This results in lack of bowel motility and an accumulation of bowel contents in the upper colon. The condition becomes apparent in the first few weeks of life, with abdominal pain and distension, and constipation. It is treated surgically.
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Final pathology of the resected rectum confirmed the presence of ganglion nerve cells in the submucosal and myenteric plexus in the distal large bowel, thus ruling out Hirschprung disease.
Massive fecal impaction presenting with megarectum and perforation of ... by Gadacz, Thomas R. / Southern Medical Journal
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