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Congenital Pouch Colon

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Congenital pouch colon (CPC) is a type of anorectal anomaly where a pouch-like dilated and shortened colon is associated with the anorectal malformation (ARM). It is reported widely from the South Asian subcontinental countries India, Pakistan and Bangladesh with anecdotal cases from other parts of the world [1, 2].

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  1. Department of Pediatric Surgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India

    Devendra K. Gupta, Shilpa Sharma & Kashish Khanna

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Gupta, D.K., Sharma, S., Khanna, K. (2019). Congenital Pouch Colon. In: Lima, M., Reinberg, O. (eds) Neonatal Surgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-93534-8_25

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