PEDIATRIC SURGERY CONGENITAL SEGMENTAL DILATATION OF COLON

Segmented dilatation of the colon be-longs to the group of poorly understood dysmotility disorders of colon related to Hirschsprung's disease but without abnor-mality of ganglion cells. Of the fourteen previously reported cases of segmental dila-tation of colon in the English literature, only two had presented in the neonatal age(l,2). We report a similar case and highlight the features common to this entity and congeni-tal short colon seen in association with imperforate anus. Case Report A full term, 3800 g male was born by normal vaginal delivery to a 24-ycar-old primigravida following an uncomplicated pregnancy. The neonate presented at sixty hours of age with a history of abdominal distension, respiratory distress and cyanosi