Colonic atresia

Colonic Atresia
Colonic atresia is a condition that occurs during embryonic development in which the normal tubular shape of the colon in the fetus is unexpectedly closed.

Colonic atresia is a condition that occurs during embryonic development in which the normal tubular shape of the colon in the fetus is unexpectedly closed.

Surgically proven case of colonic atresia. The radiograph (a) shows a hugely distended loop of bowel with less dilated bowel proximally. The barium enema (b) shows a microcolon which ends abruptly at mid transverse colon level.

of intestinal obstruction should be discussed when abdominal distension and failure to pass meconium occur in a newborn infant: (1) meconium ileus resulting from cystic fibrosis; (2) intestinal malformations such as lower ileal and colonic atresia, ...

See also: Atresia, Stomach, Symptom, Anatomy, Intestinal obstruction