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Congenital short bowel syndrome

ORPHA:2301· ICD-10 Q43.8

Definition

Congenital short bowel syndrome is a rare intestinal disorder of neonates of unknown etiology. Patients are born with a short small bowel (less than 75 cm in length) that compromises proper intestinal absorption and leads chronic diarrhea, vomiting and failure to thrive.

Prevalence
<1 / 1 000 000
Inheritance
Autosomal recessive, X-linked recessive
Age of onset
Infancy, Neonatal