[Characteristics of clinical manifestations and diagnosis in Hirschsprung disease in newborn infants and young children].

Twenty two newborns and 10 young children with acute form of the Hirschsprung's disease were observed. In 1/3 of the patients, the Hirschsprung's disease was associated with congenital anomalies. The patients were treated by means of the performance of histochemical (15 cases), histologic (23) investigations and irrigography (19). A complex of the diagnostic measures used permitted to establish a reliable diagnosis.