BHAWANI.pptx ppt on congenital malformations

Congenital megacolon

1. HIRSCHSPRUNG’S DISEASE/CONGENITAL MEGACOLON PREPARED BY BHAWANI GUPTA M.SC NURSING PREVIOUS YEAR JAIPUR NURSING COLLEGE,MAHARAJ VINAYAK GLOBAL UNIVERSITY JAIPUR

2. HIRSCHSPRUNG’S DISEASE/CONGENITAL MEGACOLON It is a disorder of the gut caused due to congenital absence of gangalion cells in the submucosal and myentric plexus of intestine.This disease is also known as megacolon or congenital Aganglionic megacolon.

3. PATHOPHYSIOLOGY It is caused by congenital absence of autonomic parasympathetic ganglion cells in the submucosal and myenteric plexus of the intestine