Open AccessColonic Atresia due to Internal Herniation through the Falciform Ligament Defect: A Case Report
Author(s) -
Varsha Soni,
Prakash Devidas Valse,
Sameer Vyas
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of neonatal surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2226-0439
DOI - 10.47338/jns.v3.85
Subject(s) - falciform ligament , transverse colon , medicine , internal hernia , atresia , broad ligament , hernia , anatomy , surgery , uterus
Colonic atresia is the rarest outcome of all gastrointestinal type of internal hernia. We report a case of neonate with atresia of the transverse colon caused by herniation of the transverse colon through a defect in falciform-ligament.