Causes of Abdominal distension in children

This section discusses 47 medical conditions causing Abdominal distension in children. A simple discussion of these causes with additional information is below.

Causes in Children: Abdominal distension in children

Some of the causes in children for Abdominal distension in children may include:

• Incarcerated inguinal hernia
• Malrotation with volvulus
• Intestinal atresia
• Imperforate anus
• Intussuception
• Hirschsprung disease
• Meconium ileus
• Fecal impaction
• Bezoars
• Paralytic ileus
• Postoperative ileus
• Intestinal perforation
• Severe hypokalemia
• Gastroparesis
• Necrotizing enterocolitis
• Toxic megacolon
• Dysmotility
• Renal enlargement
• Enlarged kidney
• Hydronephrosis
• Ureteropelvic junction obstruction
• Bladder distension
• Congenital polycystic kidney
• Ascites
• Budd-Chiari syndrome
• Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome
• Glycogen storage syndrome
• Amyloidosis
• Congestive heart failure
• Wilms tumor
• Neuroblastoma
• Lymphoma
• Teratoma
• Sarcoma
• Ovarian cyst
• Ovarian tumor
• Omental cyst
• Dermoid cyst
• Pancreatic pseudocyst
• Obesity
• Aerophagia
• Hematocolpos
• Malnutrition
• Abdominal abscess
• Coeliac disease
• Kwashiorkor
• Prune-belly syndrome

More Information About Abdominal distension in children

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List of 47 causes of Abdominal distension in children

This section shows a full list of all the diseases and conditions listed as a possible cause of Abdominal distension in children in our database from various sources.

• Abdominal abscess
• Aerophagia
• Amyloidosis
• Ascites
• Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome
• Bezoars
• Bladder distension
• Budd-Chiari syndrome
• Coeliac disease
• Congenital polycystic kidney
• Congestive heart failure
• Dermoid cyst
• Dysmotility
• Enlarged kidney
• Fecal impaction
• Gastroparesis
• Glycogen storage syndrome
• Hematocolpos
• Hirschsprung disease
• Hydronephrosis
• Imperforate anus
• Incarcerated inguinal hernia
• Intestinal atresia
• Intestinal perforation
• Intussuception
• Kwashiorkor
• Lymphoma
• Malnutrition
• Malrotation with volvulus
• Meconium ileus
• Necrotizing enterocolitis
• Neuroblastoma
• Obesity
• Omental cyst
• Ovarian cyst
• Ovarian tumor
• Pancreatic pseudocyst
• Paralytic ileus
• Postoperative ileus
• Prune-belly syndrome
• Renal enlargement
• Sarcoma
• Severe hypokalemia
• Teratoma
• Toxic megacolon
• Ureteropelvic junction obstruction
• Wilms tumor

Medical Textbooks about Abdominal distension in children

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