LABORATORY RESULT

SURGICAL PATHOLOGY REPORT

Name: Baby X

Age: 3

Sex: M

Attending Physician: Dr. S

Specimen: Rectal Tissue

Date: 10-18-147

FINAL PATHLOGIC DIAGNOSIS

Rectal Tissue Biopsy:
NEGATIVE FOR GANGLION CELLS, MEISSNERS PLEXUS OF NERVES, TUNICA
SUBMUCOSA
INTERPRETTION
The affected intestine segment shows an absence of ganglion cells and affects cells
both in the Meissners and Submucosal plexuses. Hence, this indicates that the patient
has Hirschsprungs disease.