📋Overview
Van Buren's Disease is a legacy eponym historically used to describe what is now recognized as Hirschsprung disease, a congenital condition characterized by absence of nerve cells (aganglionosis) in segments of the colon, leading to bowel obstruction and severe constipation. The modern preferred term is Hirschsprung disease.
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