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FAMILIAL IDIOPATHIC MEGADUODENUM
Author(s) -
Cheng S. C. W.,
Sanderson C. R.,
Way N. J.,
Yoong P. M. F.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1987.tb01285.x
Subject(s) - medicine , complaint , clinical significance , dermatology , general surgery , pathology , political science , law
Familial idiopathic megaduodenum is an uncommon condition which may be associated with other visceral abnormalities. Antineuronal antibody directed against guinea‐pig skeletal muscle was found in one member of the family suffering from megaduodenum, in whom degeneration of the auerbach's and meissner's plexuses was documented. The significance of this finding is unclear. Management of the complaint is problematic. Despite shortcomings of surgical treatment, surgery nevertheless has an important role to play when medical treatments fail.