Small left colon syndrome
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Overview
Neonatal small left colon syndrome is a cause of functional colon obstruction in newborn infants. Small left colon sydrome is subset of meconium plug syndrome in which an enema demonstrates an apparent transition zone between the dilated and the normal-to-decreased caliber distal colon at the splenic flexure. There is a high association of maternal diabetes.