Localization
duodenal atresia
jejunal atresia
ileal atresia
Types
type1: mucosal atresia (membranous atresia) by mucosal diaphragm (web)
type 2 and 3: blind ends (blind type atresia)
- type 2: blind ends separated by a fibrous cord (cord type atresia)
- type 3a: blind ends separated by a V-shaped mesenteric defect
- type 3b: blind ends with apple peel appearance
- type 4: multiple intestinal atresias (string of sausages appearance)
Associations - Etiology
fetal intestinal ischemia
- fetal intestinal volvulus (volvulus-associated intestinal atresia) (15616938)
- fetal intestinal intussusception (15616938)
- Cystic fibrosis (digestive cystic fibrosis)
- multiple intestinal atresias in Feingold syndrome (15821734)
- Martínez-Frias syndrome (17321227)
- duodenal atresia with biliary atresia associated with facial, thyroid and auditory apparatus abnormalities (16957470)
- neonatal diabetes, with hypoplastic pancreas, intestinal atresia and gall bladder hypoplasia (15592663)
- microcephaly, jejunal atresia, aberrant right bronchus, ocular anomalies, and XY sex reversal (14994240)
See also
References
van Bokhoven H, Celli J, van Reeuwijk J, Rinne T, Glaudemans B, van Beusekom E, Rieu P, Newbury-Ecob RA, Chiang C, Brunner HG. MYCN haploinsufficiency is associated with reduced brain size and intestinal atresias in Feingold syndrome. Nat Genet. 2005 May;37(5):465-7. PMID: 15821734
Mitchell J, Punthakee Z, Lo B, Bernard C, Chong K, Newman C, Cartier L, Desilets V, Cutz E, Hansen IL, Riley P, Polychronakos C. Neonatal diabetes, with hypoplastic pancreas, intestinal atresia and gall bladder hypoplasia: search for the aetiology of a new autosomal recessive syndrome. Diabetologia. 2004 Dec;47(12):2160-7. PMID: 15592663
Keegan CE, Vilain E, Mohammed M, Lehoczky J, Dobyns WB, Archer SM, Innis JW. Microcephaly, jejunal atresia, aberrant right bronchus, ocular anomalies, and XY sex reversal. Am J Med Genet A. 2004 Mar 15;125(3):293-8. PMID: 14994240
