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Abnormal digestive system morphology

MedGen UID:
927600
•Concept ID:
C4293691
•
Anatomical Abnormality
Synonym: Abnormality of digestive system morphology
 
HPO: HP:0025033

Definition

A structural anomaly of the digestive system. [from HPO]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVAbnormal digestive system morphology

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Second International Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia.
Faughnan ME, Mager JJ, Hetts SW, Palda VA, Lang-Robertson K, Buscarini E, Deslandres E, Kasthuri RS, Lausman A, Poetker D, Ratjen F, Chesnutt MS, Clancy M, Whitehead KJ, Al-Samkari H, Chakinala M, Conrad M, Cortes D, Crocione C, Darling J, de Gussem E, Derksen C, Dupuis-Girod S, Foy P, Geisthoff U, Gossage JR, Hammill A, Heimdal K, Henderson K, Iyer VN, Kjeldsen AD, Komiyama M, Korenblatt K, McDonald J, McMahon J, McWilliams J, Meek ME, Mei-Zahav M, Olitsky S, Palmer S, Pantalone R, Piccirillo JF, Plahn B, Porteous MEM, Post MC, Radovanovic I, Rochon PJ, Rodriguez-Lopez J, Sabba C, Serra M, Shovlin C, Sprecher D, White AJ, Winship I, Zarrabeitia R
Ann Intern Med 2020 Dec 15;173(12):989-1001. Epub 2020 Sep 8 doi: 10.7326/M20-1443. PMID: 32894695
Microscopic colitis: pathophysiology and clinical management.
Miehlke S, Verhaegh B, Tontini GE, Madisch A, Langner C, Münch A
Lancet Gastroenterol Hepatol 2019 Apr;4(4):305-314. doi: 10.1016/S2468-1253(19)30048-2. PMID: 30860066
Emergency Medicine Evaluation and Management of Small Bowel Obstruction: Evidence-Based Recommendations.
Long B, Robertson J, Koyfman A
J Emerg Med 2019 Feb;56(2):166-176. Epub 2018 Dec 6 doi: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2018.10.024. PMID: 30527563

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Clinical Presentations and Diagnostic Imaging of VACTERL Association.
Tonni G, Koçak Ç, Grisolia G, Rizzo G, Araujo Júnior E, Werner H, Ruano R, Sepulveda W, Bonasoni MP, Lituania M; “International Perinatology Research Group (IPRG)”
Fetal Pediatr Pathol 2023 Aug;42(4):651-674. Epub 2023 May 17 doi: 10.1080/15513815.2023.2206905. PMID: 37195727
Congenital Hepatopulmonary Fusion.
Rocha GMD
Eur J Pediatr Surg 2022 Dec;32(6):477-496. Epub 2022 Aug 26 doi: 10.1055/s-0042-1749213. PMID: 36027900
Identification and management of pancreas divisum.
Gutta A, Fogel E, Sherman S
Expert Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol 2019 Nov;13(11):1089-1105. Epub 2019 Nov 8 doi: 10.1080/17474124.2019.1685871. PMID: 31663403Free PMC Article
The etiology of VACTERL association: Current knowledge and hypotheses.
Solomon BD
Am J Med Genet C Semin Med Genet 2018 Dec;178(4):440-446. doi: 10.1002/ajmg.c.31664. PMID: 30580478
Patent vitellointestinal duct.
Agrawal S, Memon A
BMJ Case Rep 2010 Oct 6;2010 doi: 10.1136/bcr.12.2009.2594. PMID: 22778111Free PMC Article

Diagnosis

Identification and management of pancreas divisum.
Gutta A, Fogel E, Sherman S
Expert Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol 2019 Nov;13(11):1089-1105. Epub 2019 Nov 8 doi: 10.1080/17474124.2019.1685871. PMID: 31663403Free PMC Article
Diagnosis and Management of Laryngotracheoesophageal Cleft.
Sobol SE
Curr Probl Pediatr Adolesc Health Care 2018 Mar;48(3):82-84. doi: 10.1016/j.cppeds.2018.01.007. PMID: 29571545
Laryngotracheoesophageal clefts.
Strychowsky JE, Rahbar R
Semin Pediatr Surg 2016 Jun;25(3):128-31. Epub 2016 Feb 21 doi: 10.1053/j.sempedsurg.2016.02.005. PMID: 27301597
Laryngo-tracheo-oesophageal clefts.
Leboulanger N, Garabédian EN
Orphanet J Rare Dis 2011 Dec 7;6:81. doi: 10.1186/1750-1172-6-81. PMID: 22151899Free PMC Article
Anorectal malformations.
Levitt MA, Peña A
Orphanet J Rare Dis 2007 Jul 26;2:33. doi: 10.1186/1750-1172-2-33. PMID: 17651510Free PMC Article

Therapy

Double pylorus.
Qi X, Guo X, Shao X
Dig Liver Dis 2019 Dec;51(12):1739. Epub 2019 Oct 11 doi: 10.1016/j.dld.2019.09.007. PMID: 31611154
Is Pouch Specific to Colon and Not Ileum?
Gupta S, Tiwari P, Gupta N, Nunia V, Saxena AK, Simlot A, Kothari SL, Suravajhala P, Medicherla KM, Mathur P
Curr Pediatr Rev 2019;15(4):259-264. doi: 10.2174/1573396315666190829155930. PMID: 31465285Free PMC Article
Ankyloglossia and Other Oral Ties.
Walsh J, McKenna Benoit M
Otolaryngol Clin North Am 2019 Oct;52(5):795-811. Epub 2019 Jul 25 doi: 10.1016/j.otc.2019.06.008. PMID: 31353141
Achalasia: a systematic review.
Pandolfino JE, Gawron AJ
JAMA 2015 May 12;313(18):1841-52. doi: 10.1001/jama.2015.2996. PMID: 25965233
Pancreaticobiliary maljunction.
Kamisawa T, Takuma K, Anjiki H, Egawa N, Kurata M, Honda G, Tsuruta K, Sasaki T
Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol 2009 Nov;7(11 Suppl):S84-8. doi: 10.1016/j.cgh.2009.08.024. PMID: 19896105

Prognosis

Congenital Hepatopulmonary Fusion.
Rocha GMD
Eur J Pediatr Surg 2022 Dec;32(6):477-496. Epub 2022 Aug 26 doi: 10.1055/s-0042-1749213. PMID: 36027900
Diagnosis of Hirschsprung Disease.
Ambartsumyan L, Smith C, Kapur RP
Pediatr Dev Pathol 2020 Jan-Feb;23(1):8-22. Epub 2019 Dec 2 doi: 10.1177/1093526619892351. PMID: 31791203
Identification and management of pancreas divisum.
Gutta A, Fogel E, Sherman S
Expert Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol 2019 Nov;13(11):1089-1105. Epub 2019 Nov 8 doi: 10.1080/17474124.2019.1685871. PMID: 31663403Free PMC Article
Pancreas divisum.
DiMagno MJ, Wamsteker EJ
Curr Gastroenterol Rep 2011 Apr;13(2):150-6. doi: 10.1007/s11894-010-0170-8. PMID: 21222060Free PMC Article
Hirschsprung's disease.
Kenny SE, Tam PK, Garcia-Barcelo M
Semin Pediatr Surg 2010 Aug;19(3):194-200. doi: 10.1053/j.sempedsurg.2010.03.004. PMID: 20610192

Clinical prediction guides

Currarino syndrome: a comprehensive genetic review of a rare congenital disorder.
Dworschak GC, Reutter HM, Ludwig M
Orphanet J Rare Dis 2021 Apr 9;16(1):167. doi: 10.1186/s13023-021-01799-0. PMID: 33836786Free PMC Article
Diagnosis of Hirschsprung Disease.
Ambartsumyan L, Smith C, Kapur RP
Pediatr Dev Pathol 2020 Jan-Feb;23(1):8-22. Epub 2019 Dec 2 doi: 10.1177/1093526619892351. PMID: 31791203
Are We Underdiagnosing Hirschsprung Disease?
Kapur RP, Ambartsumyan L, Smith C
Pediatr Dev Pathol 2020 Jan-Feb;23(1):60-71. Epub 2019 Nov 20 doi: 10.1177/1093526619889434. PMID: 31747832
Identification and management of pancreas divisum.
Gutta A, Fogel E, Sherman S
Expert Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol 2019 Nov;13(11):1089-1105. Epub 2019 Nov 8 doi: 10.1080/17474124.2019.1685871. PMID: 31663403Free PMC Article
Pancreas divisum.
DiMagno MJ, Wamsteker EJ
Curr Gastroenterol Rep 2011 Apr;13(2):150-6. doi: 10.1007/s11894-010-0170-8. PMID: 21222060Free PMC Article

Recent systematic reviews

Assessment of Crohn's disease-associated small bowel strictures and fibrosis on cross-sectional imaging: a systematic review.
Bettenworth D, Bokemeyer A, Baker M, Mao R, Parker CE, Nguyen T, Ma C, Panés J, Rimola J, Fletcher JG, Jairath V, Feagan BG, Rieder F; Stenosis Therapy and Anti-Fibrotic Research (STAR) Consortium.
Gut 2019 Jun;68(6):1115-1126. Epub 2019 Apr 3 doi: 10.1136/gutjnl-2018-318081. PMID: 30944110Free PMC Article
Will This Patient Be Difficult to Intubate?: The Rational Clinical Examination Systematic Review.
Detsky ME, Jivraj N, Adhikari NK, Friedrich JO, Pinto R, Simel DL, Wijeysundera DN, Scales DC
JAMA 2019 Feb 5;321(5):493-503. doi: 10.1001/jama.2018.21413. PMID: 30721300
Systematic review of epidemiology, presentation, and management of Meckel's diverticulum in the 21st century.
Hansen CC, Søreide K
Medicine (Baltimore) 2018 Aug;97(35):e12154. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000012154. PMID: 30170459Free PMC Article
Craniofacial and upper airway morphology in adult obstructive sleep apnea patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis of cephalometric studies.
Neelapu BC, Kharbanda OP, Sardana HK, Balachandran R, Sardana V, Kapoor P, Gupta A, Vasamsetti S
Sleep Med Rev 2017 Feb;31:79-90. Epub 2016 Jan 30 doi: 10.1016/j.smrv.2016.01.007. PMID: 27039222
Achalasia: a systematic review.
Pandolfino JE, Gawron AJ
JAMA 2015 May 12;313(18):1841-52. doi: 10.1001/jama.2015.2996. PMID: 25965233

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