Intestinal atresia in twins

Abstract

Intestinal atresia is a congenital anomaly which results in the discontinuity or narrowing of the bowel lumen. Although intestinal atresia is a common congenital malformation, it rarely occurs in twins. In this case report we present on twins born with jejunal atresias at a community hospital in Fort Worth, Texas. This is the 8th reported twin pair with jejunal atresia and the 19th overall report of twins with intestinal atresia.

Keywords

• Case report
• Intestinal atresia
• Diagnosis
• Twins
• Double-bubble
• Malformation