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Hirschsprung's disease
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Hirschsprung's disease [′hərsh‚pru̇ŋz di‚zēz]
(medicine)
A disease caused by absence of the myenteric ganglion cells in a segment of rectum or distal colon, resulting in spasm of the affected part and dilation of the bowel proximal to the defect.
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Final pathology of the resected rectum confirmed the presence of ganglion nerve cells in the submucosal and myenteric plexus in the distal large bowel, thus ruling out Hirschprung disease.
Massive fecal impaction presenting with megarectum and perforation of ... by Gadacz, Thomas R. / Southern Medical Journal
Immunostaining of Cytoskeletal Proteins in Normal, Ganglionic, and Aganglionic Bowel From a Patient With Hirschprung Disease (HD) Normal HD Ganglionic ++ + [+ or -] - ++ + [+ or -] - Dystrophin 4 4 .
Altered cytoskeleton in smooth muscle of aganglionic bowel by Nemeth, Laszlo; Rolle, Udo; Puri, Prem / Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
 
 
 
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