A Very Rare Case of Intestinal Atresia, the Apple Peel Syndrome

Gueye D, Fall MB, Ndour D, Ahye D, Ndoye A, Mbaye PA, Sagna A and Ngom G

Department of Pediatrics Surgery, Albert ROYER Children Hospital Center, France
Department of Pediatrics Surgery, Aristide LE DANTEC Teaching Hospital, France
Department of Pediatrics Surgery, Dalal JAMM Teaching Hospital, France

^*Correspondance to: Doudou Gueye 

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Abstract:

Small bowel atresia is among the rarest congenital gastro-intestinal anomalies. Apple-Peel syndrome is a very uncommon pattern of small intestine atresia: <5%. The present paper records the case of a neonate, who presented an Apple peel syndrome. The clinical presentation featured an occlusive syndrome and was explored with abdominal X-ray and ultrasound. The preoperative exploration found a small intestine atresia with a snail-like aspect. We performed an end-to-end jejunal singlestage anastomosis. The aim of our work is to make a focus on this uncommon neonatal condition as well as the benefits and risks of its treatment by a single-stage approach without undergoing an enterostomy.

Keywords:

Atresia; Apple Peel syndrome; Abdominal X-ray

Cite the Article:

Gueye D, Fall MB, Ndour D, Ahye D, Ndoye A, Mbaye PA, et al. A Very Rare Case of Intestinal Atresia, the Apple Peel Syndrome. Ann Clin Case Rep. 2019; 4: 1700 .