Congenital duodenal obstruction with situs inversus totalis: Report of a rare association and discussion

This report is to present and discuss an extremely rare association of situs inversus with duodenal atresia in an 11-day-old male neonate born full term and weighing 1.9 kg. The baby presented with recurrent bilious vomiting. Babygram revealed situs inversus and duodenal obstruction. Echocardiograph...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Sharma, Satendra, Rashid, Kumar Abdul, Dube, Ravi, Malik, G. K., Tandon, R. K.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2008
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2788442/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20011474
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0971-9261.43029
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Sumario:This report is to present and discuss an extremely rare association of situs inversus with duodenal atresia in an 11-day-old male neonate born full term and weighing 1.9 kg. The baby presented with recurrent bilious vomiting. Babygram revealed situs inversus and duodenal obstruction. Echocardiography showed dextrocardia with a small ASD. Exploration confirmed a duodenal diaphragm with a central perforation between the third and fourth part of the duodenum and situs inversus. The literature search revealed 20 cases reported so far.

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