Duodenum Inversum: A Rare Cause of Chronic Nausea and Vomiting
Duodenum inversum (DI), also known as inverted duodenum or duodenum reflexum, is a congenital malformation in which the third portion of the duodenum, instead of continuing leftward to the ligament of Treitz, reverses direction and travels in a superior, posterior track prior to crossing the midline...
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author | Chandan, Saurabh Choudhry Chandan, Ojasvini Hewlett, Alexander Todd |
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description | Duodenum inversum (DI), also known as inverted duodenum or duodenum reflexum, is a congenital malformation in which the third portion of the duodenum, instead of continuing leftward to the ligament of Treitz, reverses direction and travels in a superior, posterior track prior to crossing the midline above the pancreas. We present a case of a 62-year-old woman presenting with chronic nausea and vomiting, subsequently found to have DI. |
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spelling | pubmed-63234292019-01-23 Duodenum Inversum: A Rare Cause of Chronic Nausea and Vomiting Chandan, Saurabh Choudhry Chandan, Ojasvini Hewlett, Alexander Todd Case Rep Gastrointest Med Case Report Duodenum inversum (DI), also known as inverted duodenum or duodenum reflexum, is a congenital malformation in which the third portion of the duodenum, instead of continuing leftward to the ligament of Treitz, reverses direction and travels in a superior, posterior track prior to crossing the midline above the pancreas. We present a case of a 62-year-old woman presenting with chronic nausea and vomiting, subsequently found to have DI. Hindawi 2018-12-25 /pmc/articles/PMC6323429/ /pubmed/30675403 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/7538601 Text en Copyright © 2018 Saurabh Chandan et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Chandan, Saurabh Choudhry Chandan, Ojasvini Hewlett, Alexander Todd Duodenum Inversum: A Rare Cause of Chronic Nausea and Vomiting |
title | Duodenum Inversum: A Rare Cause of Chronic Nausea and Vomiting |
title_full | Duodenum Inversum: A Rare Cause of Chronic Nausea and Vomiting |
title_fullStr | Duodenum Inversum: A Rare Cause of Chronic Nausea and Vomiting |
title_full_unstemmed | Duodenum Inversum: A Rare Cause of Chronic Nausea and Vomiting |
title_short | Duodenum Inversum: A Rare Cause of Chronic Nausea and Vomiting |
title_sort | duodenum inversum: a rare cause of chronic nausea and vomiting |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6323429/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30675403 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/7538601 |
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