Apte Anisha, McKenna Elise, Levitt Marc A
Department of Surgery, The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, District of Columbia, United States.
Department of General and Thoracic Surgery, Children's National Medical Center, Washington, District of Columbia, United States.
European J Pediatr Surg Rep. 2020 Jan;8(1):e102-e104. doi: 10.1055/s-0040-1721050. Epub 2021 Jan 9.
We present a case of a 2-year-old boy with total colonic Hirschsprung disease (HD) who underwent an ileostomy as a newborn, and then colectomy and pull-through at 10 months of age. Since then he has presented four times with enterocolitis. The case is presented with a focus on evaluating patients with HD who present with obstructive symptoms following corrective surgery. A key image is presented along with questions formatted as a quiz to guide readers through critically evaluating the case.