Abnormalities in midgut rotation occur during the physiological herniation of the midgut between the 5th and 10th week of gestation (Warner, 1997). The most significant abnormality is a narrow small bowel mesentery which is prone to volvulus. This occurs most frequently in the neonatal period. Less commonly (Nehra and Goldstein, 2011), midgut malrotation presents in adulthood with either acute ...

Abnormalities in the rotation of midgut occur during physiological herniation of the midgut between the 5 and 10 week of gestation, typically presents early in life, but sometimes it can present later. 90% of cases become clinically evident during the first year of life. We report a case of a 15-year-old male who presented with a history of non-specific gastro-intestinal symptoms such as interm...

Intestinal malrotation is an uncommon cause of abdominal pain and normally presents during infancy. Familial cases of malrotation are extremely rare in the absence of other congenital malformations. We present the case of a 22-year-old woman with undiagnosed chronic abdominal pain and her previously well 16-year-old brother who presented within 18 months of each other with acute midgut volvulu...

A wandering liver is a rare development in both the adult and pediatric population where the liver is freely displaced along a transverse axis. We describe the first known occurrence in published literature of a wandering liver in an adult individual who also had an intestinal malrotation complicated by a midgut volvulus. The abnormal ability for a liver to wander presents a highly unusual anat...

Midgut volvulus is a life-threatening condition that commonly presents during the first year of life rarely antenatally. Here we report successful urgent surgical management of an unusual case with malrotation exhibiting the sonographic findings of volvulus in utero that leads to premature birth. This 34-wk, 2700 g infant was born via spontaneous vaginal delivery. Prenatal ultrasound showed pol...

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A case of progressive extrahepatic biliary obstruction due to chronic midgut volvulus secondary to malrotation in a 5-month-old girl is presented. The obstruction to the bile duct was relieved after correction of the malrotation and division of the obstructing bands.

Midgut malrotation (MMR) is the abnormal rotation of the foetal midgut around the axis of the superior mesenteric artery which in symptomatic neonates requires a Ladd's procedure. We present a rare case of midgut volvulus occurring in a teenager 3 days after observational management of incidentally discovered MMR during laparoscopic appendectomy. A Ladd's procedure was performed and the patient...