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LB16.0 category

Congenital absence, atresia or stenosis of large intestine

Definition

Colonic atresia is a congenital intestinal malformation resulting in a non-latent segment of the colon and characterised by lower intestinal obstruction manifesting with abdominal distention and failure to pass meconium in newborns.

Exclusions

Also indexed as

Atresia of large intestineCongenital absence of large intestineCongenital absence, atresia or stenosis of large intestineCongenital stenosis of large intestinecaecal atresiacaecum agenesiscolonic absence, atresia and stenosiscongenital obstruction, occlusion and stricture of large intestine

Nearby in Structural developmental anomalies of large intestine