Segmental absence of intestinal musculature
Pavlovský, Z.; Habanec, B.; Hermanová, M.; Penka, I.; Kaplan, Z.
Ceskoslovenska Patologie 39(2): 85-87
2003
ISSN/ISBN: 1210-7875 PMID: 12874907 Document Number: 555022
Herein we describe a case of 33-year old woman repeatedly affected by incomplete ileus. Primary segmental absence of lamina muscularis propria has been found in this patient. Histological examination revealed areas of small intestine with total absence of muscularis propria followed by areas of the intestinal wall characterised by normal histological structure. No necrosis, inflammation, and fibrosis supporting the secondary origin of this lesion was found.