Duodenal atresia history and symptoms

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Hamid Qazi, MD, BSc [2]

Overview

The hallmark of duodenal atresia is bilious emesis with in the first 48 hours of life. A positive history of persistent emesis and feeding difficulties is suggestive of duodenal atresia. The most common symptoms of duodenal atresia include bilious emesis, persistent emesis, and feeding difficulties.

The history and symptoms of duodenal atresia is as follows:^[1]^[2]^[3]

The hallmark of duodenal atresia is bilious vomiting.
A positive history of persistent emesis and feeding difficulty is suggestive of duodenal atresia.

Patients with duodenal atresia may have a positive history of:

Common symptoms of duodenal atresia include:

Less common symptoms of duodenal atresia include:

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↑ Morris, Grant; Kennedy, Alfred; Cochran, William (2016). “Small Bowel Congenital Anomalies: a Review and Update”. Current Gastroenterology Reports. 18 (4). doi:10.1007/s11894-016-0490-4. ISSN 1522-8037.
↑ Adams, Stephen D.; Stanton, Michael P. (2014). “Malrotation and intestinal atresias”. Early Human Development. 90 (12): 921–925. doi:10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2014.09.017. ISSN 0378-3782.