Meier-Ruge W.A., Bruder E. (eds.) Pathology of Chronic Constipation in Pediatric and Adult Coloproctology

S. Karger AG, 2005. — 107 p.This book is devoted to motility disorders of the gut and their diagnosis, a field which can be frustrating when classical histological staining techniques are used. The use of enzyme histochemical techniques, however, provides important information on functional abnormalities of colon motility, which is demonstrated here in more than two hundred photomicrographs. The individual chapters are divided into three sections: the first outlines and illustrates pathological aspects of a particular disorder, the second provides diagnostic criteria, and the third discusses clinical pathology. In a final chapter the methodology of enzyme histochemistry is described. Drawing from 40 years of experience in the diagnosis of biopsies from the mucosa of the rectosigmoid and laparoscopic biopsies of muscularis propria from different gut areas, the authors have compiled a clearly organized and didactic volume, which will be highly useful to practicing pathologists, technicians and trainees in pathology. It will also be of great benefit to gastroenterologists, pediatricians, and coloproctological and pediatric surgeons in helping them interpret histopathological findings in the gastrointestinal tract.Colonic Motility Disorders in Children
Aganglionosis of the Colon and Concomitant Proximal Hypoganglionosis
Ultrashort Hirschsprung’s Disease and Aganglionosis of Internal Sphincter
Disturbed Peristalsis of the Gut
Diseases of the Submucous Plexus
Anorectal Irregularities in Anal Atresia
Colonic Motility Disorders in Adults
Common Abnormalities in Pediatric and Adult Coloproctology
Colon Motility Disorders due to Abnormality of the Submucous Plexus in Adults
Disturbed Peristalsis of the Colon Caused by Nerve Cell Changes
Abolished Peristalsis through Atrophy of Connective Tissue Structures inside Muscularis Propria
Rare Motility Disorders of the Colon
Methodology of Enzyme Histochemistry in Coloproctological Motility Disorders
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