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Digestive System Diseases > Digestive System Abnormalities > Hirschsprung Disease

Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities > Congenital Abnormalities > Digestive System Abnormalities > Hirschsprung Disease

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Hirschsprung Disease

Topical Descriptor

Aganglionic Megacolon
Congenital Megacolon
Disease, Hirschsprung's
Hirschsprung's Disease
Hirschsprungs Disease
Megacolon, Aganglionic
Megacolon, Congenital

acquired megacolon = MEGACOLON

Congenital MEGACOLON resulting from the absence of ganglion cells (aganglionosis) in a distal segment of the LARGE INTESTINE. The aganglionic segment is permanently contracted thus causing dilatation proximal to it. In most cases, the aganglionic segment is within the RECTUM and SIGMOID COLON.

History note

83; was HIRSCHSPRUNG'S DISEASE see MEGACOLON 1963-82

Hirschsprungin tauti

Finnish
aganglionosis colonica totalis
aganglionosis intestinalis totalis
Hirschprung
Hirschprungin tauti
Hirschsprung
Hirschsprungin tauti lyhyessä suolen osassa
Hirschsprungin tauti pitkässä suolen osassa
koolonin täydellinen aganglionoosi
megacolon congenitum
megacolon congenitum aganglionicum
morbus Hirschsprung
morbus Hirschsprung segmenti intestinalis brevis
morbus Hirschsprung segmenti intestinalis longi
muu suolen aganglionoosi
suolen aganglionoosi
suolen täydellinen aganglionoosi
synnynnäinen aganglioninen megakoolon
synnynnäinen jättikoolon
Hirschsprungs sjukdom

Swedish
Medfödd megakolon

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D006627

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