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Preferred term

Intestinal Atresia  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • Congenital obliteration of the lumen of the intestine, with the ILEUM involved in 50% of the cases and the JEJUNUM and DUODENUM following in frequency. It is the most frequent cause of INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION in NEWBORNS. (From Stedman, 25th ed)

Synonym(s)

  • Apple-Peel Intestinal Atresia
  • Apple Peel Syndrome
  • Atresia, Intestinal
  • Congenital Intestinal Atresia

In other languages

  • French

  • Atrésie congénitale de l'intestin grêle
  • Atrésie de l'intestin
  • Atrésie du grêle
  • Atrésie du grêle avec intestin en colimacon
  • Atrésie intestinale congénitale
  • Syndrome de l'intestin en colimaçon
  • Syndrome de la pelure de pomme

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