A ganglioneuroma of the sigmoid colon presenting as leading point of intussusception in a child: a case report

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Soccorso, Giampiero ^a   Puls, Florian ^a   Richards, Cathy ^a   Pringle, Howard ^a   Nour, Shawqui ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF LEICESTER NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colocolic intussusception; Ganglioneuroma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHILD; COLON INTUSSUSCEPTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GANGLIONEUROMA; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RARE DISEASE; SIGMOID;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GANGLIONEUROMA; HUMANS; INTUSSUSCEPTION; SIGMOID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 58149514113     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2008.10.037     Document Type: Article

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