Small bowel haemorrhage associated with partial midgut malrotation in a middle-aged man

We describe a case of life-threatening small bowel haemorrhage in a 56 year old man, who was found to have partial midgut malrotation at laparotomy. An association between congenital malrotation and gastrointestinal haemorrhage has not previously been reported in this age group. We discuss the assoc...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Belgaumkar, Ajay, Karamchandani, Dheeraj, Peddu, Praveen, Schulte, Klaus-Martin
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2628877/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19144131
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1749-7922-4-1
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Sumario:We describe a case of life-threatening small bowel haemorrhage in a 56 year old man, who was found to have partial midgut malrotation at laparotomy. An association between congenital malrotation and gastrointestinal haemorrhage has not previously been reported in this age group. We discuss the association between gut malrotation and small intestinal pathology and describe the principles of management in these patients.

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