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This disease is named for [[Harald Hirschsprung]], the Danish [[physician]] who first described the disease in 1886, describing two infants who had died with swollen bellies. | This disease is named for [[Harald Hirschsprung]], the Danish [[physician]] who first described the disease in 1886, describing two infants who had died with swollen bellies. The autopsies showed identical pictures with a pronounced dilatation and hypertrophy of the colon as the dominant features. | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Overview
This disease is named for Harald Hirschsprung, the Danish physician who first described the disease in 1886, describing two infants who had died with swollen bellies. The autopsies showed identical pictures with a pronounced dilatation and hypertrophy of the colon as the dominant features.