Catalog

Microcolon

No MMS code

Link to WHO Definition

Microcolon – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/1547512311

This refers to an abnormally small colon. Microcolon is seen in patients with meconium ileus; distal jejunal, ileal, or proximal colonic atresia; and megacystis-microcolon-intestinal hypoperistalsis syndrome. It is seen in less than one-fourth of patients with total colonic Hirschsprung disease.