True statements about congenital megacolon include all of the following except:
Correct Answer: Large stool
Description: S. Das writes - "The symptoms appear within 3 days of birth and the presenting features are as follows:
Constipation
Abdominal distention"
Nelson writes - "The clinical symptoms of Hirschprung disease usually begin at birth with the delayed passage of meconium."
Loud borborygmi are heard due to intestinal obstruction.
About stool, Nelson writes -
"The stools when passed may consist of small pellets, maybe ribbon-like or may have fluid consistency; the large stools and faecal soiling of patients with functional constipation are absent."
Also, know
a large faecal mass may be palpable in the left lower abdomen, but on rectal examination, the rectum is usually empty of faeces (faeces in rectum are found in functional constipation).
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