Colon atresia and frontal encephalocele: a rare association

Sotirios Siminas; Sasha Burn; Harriet Corbett

doi:10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2011.09.046

Colon atresia and frontal encephalocele: a rare association

J Pediatr Surg. 2011 Dec;46(12):e25-8. doi: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2011.09.046.

Authors

Sotirios Siminas¹, Sasha Burn, Harriet Corbett

Affiliation

¹ Department of Paediatric Surgery, Alder Hey Royal Liverpool Children's Hospital, NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, UK. [email protected]

PMID: 22152902
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2011.09.046

Abstract

The association of colonic atresia with craniofacial anomalies has been well described and probably represents a malformative event that occurs in the early embryonal period. We present a case of an infant with colonic atresia and a frontal encephalocele and believe this to be a newly reported association. We review possible pathogenic mechanisms.

Publication types

Case Reports
Review

MeSH terms

Abnormalities, Multiple / embryology*
Abnormalities, Multiple / surgery
Animals
Blood Vessels / embryology
Colon / abnormalities*
Colon / embryology
Colon / surgery
Encephalocele / diagnostic imaging
Encephalocele / embryology*
Encephalocele / pathology
Frontal Bone / abnormalities
Frontal Bone / diagnostic imaging
Humans
Ileostomy
Infant, Newborn
Intestinal Atresia / embryology*
Intestinal Atresia / surgery
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Mice
Models, Biological
Rats
Receptor, Fibroblast Growth Factor, Type 2 / genetics
Receptor, Fibroblast Growth Factor, Type 2 / physiology
Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Substances

Receptor, Fibroblast Growth Factor, Type 2