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Atretic bowel loops; type 3A.
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Treitz ligament with a blind end. The distal loop was collapsed with a meconium plug at its blind loop (Figure 1).
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Plain abdominal X-ray showing double-bubble sign.
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His abdominal X-ray showed dilated bowels with multiple air-fluid levels (Figure 2).
Type-3A jejunal ileal atresia.
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Intra-operatively, a completely atretic ileum approximately 45 cm proximal to the ileocecal junction was found (Figure 3).
Double-bubble sign.
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An X-ray revealed a double-bubble sign (Figure 4), suggestive of duodenal atresia.
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Plain abdominal X-ray suggestive of duodenal atresia.
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Her plain abdominal X-ray (Figure 5) was suggestive of duodenal atresia.
Type-1 JIA (green arrow).
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Emergency laparotomy was planned in which intraoperatively Type-1 jejunal atresia was identified (Figure 6) approximately 10 cm distal to the ligamentum Treitz.
Burst abdomen with evisceration.
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On day 4, the baby developed a burst abdomen (Figure 7) and was taken to theater for an emergency laparotomy.