You are here

Article Text

Article menu
Download PDFPDF
Findings that shed new light on the possible pathogenesis of a disease or an adverse effect
CASE REPORT
Consecutive siblings, each with two separate small bowel atresias

Summary

The familial occurrence of multiple-level intestinal atresia in newborn is extremely uncommon, with very sporadic similar cases reported in the literature. We present a case of multiple intestinal atresia in two consecutive siblings who successfully underwent surgical repair.

  • paediatric surgery
  • neonatal and paediatric intensive care

https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2017-222580

Statistics from Altmetric.com

    Request Permissions

    If you wish to reuse any or all of this article please use the link below which will take you to the Copyright Clearance Center’s RightsLink service. You will be able to get a quick price and instant permission to reuse the content in many different ways.