Histopathology of Chronic Constipation

Foreword; Preface; Introduction; Histopathological Diagnosis; Enzyme Histochemical Differential Diagnosis in Chronic Constipation; Functional Histopathological Differential Diagnosis in Colonic Motility Disorder; Different Colon Diseases with Chronic Constipation; Pathogenesis of Hirschsprung's Disease; 'Swiss-Roll Technique'; Intraoperative Evaluation of the Myenteric Plexus; Ultrashort Hirschsprung's Disease; Total Aganglionosis of the Colon; Hypoganglionosis of the Colon; Immaturity of the Enteric Nervous System in Childhood; Intestinal Neuronal Dysplasia Type A; Intestinal Neuronal Dysplasia Type B; Ganglioneuromatosis. Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia 2B (MEN 2B); Desmosis Coli; Architectural Malformation of the Muscularis Propria; Degenerative Leiomyopathy: A Rare Disease; Stretching Atrophy of Circular and Longitudinal Muscles in the Gut; Nerve Cell Heterotopias in Mucosa and Muscularis Propria; A Laboratory Guide to Histopathological Diagnosis of Intestinal Motility Disorders; The Most Important Technical Factors for Optimal Pathohistological Results; Recommendations for Taking Mucosal Biopsies in Chronic Constipation; Instructions for Transportation of Colorectal Biopsies or Surgical Specimens; Preparation of Cryostat Sections from Biopsies and Colorectal Specimens; The Problem of Section Thickness; Preparation of Incubation Media for Daily Routine of Enzyme Histochemical Reactions; Immunohistochemical Techniques of Paraffin Sections in the Diagnosis of Gut Dysmotility; References; Index; Abbreviations.