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Atresia duodenal - Symptom

Síntomas:

  • Se puede o no presentar inflamación de la parte superior del abdomen
  • Vómito temprano en grandes cantidades y que puede ser verdoso (contiene bilis)
  • Vómito continuo, incluso cuando el bebé no ha sido alimentado por varias horas.
  • Ausencia de orina después de las primeras micciones.
  • Ausencia de deposiciones después de las primeras heces del meconio.

Pruebas y exámenes:

Una ecografía fetal puede mostrar cantidades excesivas de líquido amniótico en el útero, una afección llamada polihidramnios . También puede mostrar inflamación del estómago y de parte del duodeno del bebé.

Una radiografía abdominal puede mostrar aire en el estómago y primera parte del duodeno, sin que se presente aire más allá. Esto se conoce como el signo de la doble burbuja.

  • Reviewed last on: 5/1/2011
  • Neil K. Kaneshiro, MD, MHA, Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Washington School of Medicine. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

Referencias

Wyllie R. Intestinal atresia, stenosis, and malrotation. In: Kliegman RM, Behrman RE, Jenson HB, Stanton BF, eds. Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics. 18th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2007:chap 327.

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