Constipation and Intestinal Neuronal Dysplasia Type B: A Clinical Follow‐up Study
Guenther Schimpl,
Elisabeth Uray,
Martin Ratschek
et al.
Abstract:ObjectiveIntestinal neuronal dysplasia type B (IND B) is one of the gastrointestinal motility disorders with a defined malformation of the parasympathetic submucous and myenteric ganglia. The clinical presentation of IND B is variable, ranging from intestinal obstruction in the neonatal period to acute or chronic constipation in childhood.MethodsBetween 1993 and 1996, 105 patients (49 females and 56 males) were treated for constipation, and in all of them an IND type B was confirmed histopathologically. Twenty… Show more
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