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Query: UMLS:C0021843 (bowel obstruction)
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Congenital absence of spleen is rare. When it does occur, it may be associated with a characteristic group of anomalies of the cardiovascular and gastrointestinal system. Fifteen neonates of asplenia syndrome were seen in our hospital from April 1989 to November 1992, three of these fifteen cases were associated with intestinal obstruction and malrotation. All of the three neonates were noted to have cyanosis, heart murmur and abdominal distention soon after birth. Absence of spleen, heterotaxia and complex cardiac malformations were detected by sonography. Howell-Jolly bodies were found in their peripheral blood smear. The barium examinations of gastrointestinal tract showed intestinal obstruction and malrotation. All of them died in the first month of life. One of them received an autopsy.
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PMID:Intestinal obstruction in asplenia syndrome: report of three cases. 817 46

Bladder diverticula develop from congenital detrusor muscle defect and frequently present with urinary tract infection, which occurs as a result of urinary stasis in the diverticula. Different clinical presentations, such as bladder outlet obstruction, cyanosis of the lower extremities, intestinal obstruction, ureteral obstruction (which may occur due to direct diverticular compression), and peritonitis due to spontaneous rupture of the diverticula, were reported previously. Here, we report a case with the diagnosis of bladder diverticulum that caused recurrent generalized peritonitis without perforation and mimicked perforated appendicitis.
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PMID:An atypical bladder diverticulum presented with recurrent peritonitis: case report. 2193 39