CONGENITAL MICROGASTRIA - A CASE-REPORT AND REVIEW OF LITERATURE

Congenital microgastria is an uncommon result of impairment of normal foregut development. To date, only 39 cases have been described in the literature. We report a boy born with microgastria and bilateral hypo plastic kidneys who had feeding problems, resulting in failure to thri ve and growth retardation. After a short period of conservative manage ment, he was operated upon at the age of 11 months. A Hunt-Lawrence po uch was created, leading to toleration of increasing amounts of oral f eeding. Although his feeding problems have decreased, his height and w eight are below normal (<10th percentile). The embryology, clinical pr esentation, procedures, associated and management are bryology, diagno stic anomalies, discussed.