Acute surgical abdomen as presentation of undiagnosed midgut malrotation in adults

Published: Apr 1, 2017
Abstract
Acute presentation in adulthood of the indolent developmental midgut malformations constitutes a diagnostic problem and emergent surgery may result to an operative surprise. In the last five years two women (case I: 46 years, case II: 88 years) and two men (case III: 42 years, case IV: 50 years) underwent urgent laparotomy for acute abdomen due to bowel obstruction (all cases) and peritonitis (cases II, III). Right colon volvulus in cases I, II...
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Title
Acute surgical abdomen as presentation of undiagnosed midgut malrotation in adults
Published Date
Apr 1, 2017
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