All issues > Volume 36(7); 1993

Case Report

J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1993;36(7):1030-1033. Published online July 15, 1993.

A Case of Syndrome Associated with Colonic Atresia

Si Whan SW Koh¹, Joon Soo JS Park¹, Kyung Hwan KH Oh¹, Dong Hwan DH Lee¹, Sang Jhoo SJ Lee¹, Chul C Moon¹

¹Department of Pediatrics, Soon Chung Hang University, College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

Abstract

The association of colonic atresia in patients with Down syndrome is a rare anomaly. The incidence of congenital atresia of the gastrointestinal tract has been estimated to be about one in 1500 births. Colonic atresia is rarer still, and is throut to comprise about 5% to 10% of this group. This intestinal atresia occurs in about 30% to 50% of patient with Down syndrome. We experienced a case of Down syndrome associated with colonic atresia in a 1 day old male. His initial chief complaints at the admission were severe abdominal distension and Down appearance. Diagnosis was confirmed by chromosomal study and operative lapraotomy with end-to-end ileodescending colostomy. We report the case with brief review of related literatures.

Keywords :Down syndrome, Colonic atresia