Multiple atresias with extensive intraluminal calcifications in a newborn with cystic fibrosis

P Oğuzkurt; F C Tanyel; E Kotiloğlu; A Hiçsönmez

doi:10.1007/s002470050324

Multiple atresias with extensive intraluminal calcifications in a newborn with cystic fibrosis

Pediatr Radiol. 1998 Mar;28(3):174-6. doi: 10.1007/s002470050324.

Authors

P Oğuzkurt¹, F C Tanyel, E Kotiloğlu, A Hiçsönmez

Affiliation

¹ Department of Pediatric Surgery, Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.

PMID: 9561539
DOI: 10.1007/s002470050324

Abstract

A newborn patient with cystic fibrosis and multiple intestinal atresias demonstrated intraluminal calcifications on a plain abdominal radiograph. Cystic fibrosis may be an aetiological factor for intraluminal calcifications secondary to multiple intestinal atresias.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Anastomosis, Surgical
Calcinosis / diagnosis
Calcinosis / etiology*
Calcinosis / surgery
Cystic Fibrosis / complications*
Cystic Fibrosis / diagnosis
Cystic Fibrosis / surgery
Fatal Outcome
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Intestinal Atresia / diagnosis
Intestinal Atresia / etiology*
Intestinal Atresia / surgery
Intestines / abnormalities*
Intestines / surgery
Laparotomy
Male