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*Short-segment (75-80%): Rectum, distal sigmoid
*Short-segment (75-80%): Rectum, distal sigmoid
*Long-segment HD (10-20%): Beyond splenic flexure
*Long-segment HD (10-20%): Beyond splenic flexure
*Total colonic aganglionosis (5-15%): Entire colon
*Total colonic aganglionosis (5-15%): Entire colon.<ref name=pmid25395999>{{Cite web  | last =  | first =  | title = Diagnosis of Hirschsprung's disease with particular emphasis on histopathology. A systematic review of current literature | url = https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4223113/ | publisher =  | date =  | accessdate = 19 August 2017 }}</ref>


**[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4223113/figure/F0001/ Classification of Hirschsprung's disease according to the aganglionic segment length (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)]
**[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4223113/figure/F0001/ Classification of Hirschsprung's disease according to the aganglionic segment length (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)]
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Features:
Features:
*Ganglion cells missing in submucosal plexus and myenteric plexus.
*Ganglion cells missing in submucosal plexus and myenteric plexus.
**Increasing ganglia proximally into transition zone
*Hypertrophy of neural plexuses.
**Many nerve trunks > 40 μm
*Abnormal submucosal blood vessels may be seen
*+/-Submucosal fibrosis.
*+/-Submucosal fibrosis.


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**Nerve fibres +ve control.
**Nerve fibres +ve control.


Others:<ref name=pmid1640323/>
Others<ref>{{Cite book  | last1 = Lin | first1 = Fan | last2 = Prichard | first2 = Jeffrey | title = Handbook of practical immunohistochemistry : frequently asked question | date =  | publisher =  | location = | isbn = 9781493915774 | pages =  }}</ref>
*NSE ~ normal.  
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*S100 ~ normal.
*Calretinin ~ -ve, Usually negative in hypertrophied nerve fibers in Hirschsprung’s disease, superior to acetylcholinesterase.
*NSE ~ -ve, Highlights ganglion cells to exclude Hirschsprung’s disease; specific but not very sensitive.


==Meconium ileus==
==Meconium ileus==
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Images:
Images:
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Neonatal_necrotizing_enterocolitis,_gross_pathology_20G0021_lores.jpg NEC - gross (WP)].
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Neonatal_necrotizing_enterocolitis,_gross_pathology_20G0021_lores.jpg NEC - gross (WP)].
*[http://cueflash.com/cardimages/answers/thumbnails/7/4/7747308.jpg NEC - micro. (cueflash.com)].<ref>URL: [http://cueflash.com/decks/Pathology_Pediatrics http://cueflash.com/decks/Pathology_Pediatrics]. Accessed on: 11 January 2011.</ref>
*[https://library.med.utah.edu/WebPath/PEDHTML/PED045.html NEC - micro].


==Autoimmune enteropathy==
==Autoimmune enteropathy==
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====Images====
====Images====
*[http://www.surgicalpathologyatlas.com/glfusion/mediagallery/media.php?f=0&sort=0&s=20090423115718994 GCH (surgicalpathologyatlas.com)].


==Biliary atresia==
==Biliary atresia==
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