A stercoraceous ulcer of the colon in neglected Hirschsprung's disease

Pediatr Surg Int. 1998 Jan;13(1):55-7. doi: 10.1007/s003830050244.

Abstract

A large, nonspecific, chronic ulcer was found in the sigmoid colon of a 13-year-old child with neglected, undiagnosed Hirschsprung's disease (HD). There is no known association between HD and colonic ulcers, suggesting that the ulcer was a true stercoraceous ulcer of the colon and not an intrinsic defect of the aganglionotic bowel.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Hirschsprung Disease / complications*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Sigmoid Diseases / etiology*
  • Ulcer*