Congenital Membrane Causing Duodenal Obstruction and Malpositioning of the Descending Colon

Probable Ring Carcinoma of the Descending Colon; Mango Fibres Obstructing the Ring and Causing Complete Obstruction

Case report of a congenital duodenal transverse septum causing partial obstruction

INTRODUCTION Duodenal obstructions caused by congenital anatomic abnormalities are rare in adults. Several patients in whom the duodenal obstruction was caused by a congenital duodenal diaphragm have been described. The duodenal obstruction in the patient presented herein was caused by a transverse septum, which has not been previously reported. A transverse septum is usually observed in the va...

Extrinsic duodenal obstruction from anomalous congenital band.

Case Report A nine-day-old male infant was transferred from a local hospital to our institution with persistent bilious vomiting since birth. He had been delivered full term per vaginam to a 28-year-old gravida 5, para 4, and weighed 3280 g. During the pregnancy, maternal ultrasound scan revealed polyhydramnios. At presentation, clinical examination was unremarkable. A plain abdominal radiograp...

An unusual pancreatic lesion causing biliary obstruction and duodenal invasion.

An 84-year-oldwomanwas admittedwith melena. She had had an enlarging pancreatic mass 2 years earlier requiring endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) with sphincterotomy and biliary metal stent placement. Her current presentation included melena for 1 week. She did not have any pain, nausea, vomiting, abdominal fullness or weight loss. Vital signs were within normal limits. On ph...

Enterogenous cyst causing congenital intestinal obstruction.

Cysts whose walls reproduce completely or incompletely the structure of gut, whether discovered in the wall of the gut, attached to the gut, or even more or less remote from the gut, must have been derived from the gut (Evans, 1929). They originate either in the vitello-intestinal tract or in diverticula normally found in the developing embryonal entoderm (Lewis and Thyng, 1908). One or more of...