J Surg Tech Proced | Volume 1, Issue 1 | Case Report | Open Access

Unusual Presentation of Congenital Stenosis of Sigmoid Colon: Case Report

Laxmi Kant Bharti¹, Basant Kumar^2*, Vijai D Upadhyaya², Ram Nawal Rao³ and Sheo Kumar⁴

¹Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, India
²Department of Pediatric Surgery, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, India
³Department of Pathology, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, India
⁴Department of Radio Diagnosis, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, India

^*Correspondance to: Basant Kumar 

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Abstract

Colonic stenosis/atresias account only 5% to 15% of all atresias and mostly occur in ascending and transverse colon. Patients usually present in neonatal period with symptoms and signs of distal bowel obstruction. We present a 5-month-old male child with congenital stenosis of sigmoid colon having recurrent malena and abdominal distension, borborygmi, anemia and failure to thrive. Pediatric Gastroenterologist diagnosed the condition and tried to treat it by endoscopic balloon dilatation. The child was referred to us with colonic perforation. This case highlights the superior role of surgery over endoscopic dilatation in congenital colonic stenosis.

Keywords:

Congenital colonic stenosis; Malena; Anemia; Perforation

Citation:

Bharti LK, Kumar B, Upadhyaya VD, Rao RN, Kumar S. Unusual Presentation of Congenital Stenosis of Sigmoid Colon: Case Report. J Surg Tech Proced. 2017; 1(1): 1002.