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Late presentation of midgut malrotation in a young adult

Midgut malrotation is a congenital anomaly due to partial or complete failure of rotation of the midgut in fetal life. Majority of the cases present in the neonatal period and 90% within the first year. Adult presentation is rare and the true incidence is unknown as some cases pass undiagnosed. Whir...

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Autores principales: Lodhia, Jay, Salewi, Anande Kumbwaeli, Sway, Happiness, Sadiq, Adnan, Msuya, David
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9675766/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36415724
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjac515
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author Lodhia, Jay
Salewi, Anande Kumbwaeli
Sway, Happiness
Sadiq, Adnan
Msuya, David
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description Midgut malrotation is a congenital anomaly due to partial or complete failure of rotation of the midgut in fetal life. Majority of the cases present in the neonatal period and 90% within the first year. Adult presentation is rare and the true incidence is unknown as some cases pass undiagnosed. Whirlpool sign is pathognomic for midgut malrotation and management involves surgery.
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spelling pubmed-96757662022-11-21 Late presentation of midgut malrotation in a young adult Lodhia, Jay Salewi, Anande Kumbwaeli Sway, Happiness Sadiq, Adnan Msuya, David J Surg Case Rep Case Report Midgut malrotation is a congenital anomaly due to partial or complete failure of rotation of the midgut in fetal life. Majority of the cases present in the neonatal period and 90% within the first year. Adult presentation is rare and the true incidence is unknown as some cases pass undiagnosed. Whirlpool sign is pathognomic for midgut malrotation and management involves surgery. Oxford University Press 2022-11-19 /pmc/articles/PMC9675766/ /pubmed/36415724 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjac515 Text en Published by Oxford University Press and JSCR Publishing Ltd. All rights reserved. © The Author(s) 2022. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9675766/
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