Congenital incomplete bowel rotation: an exceptionally rare case of incomplete bowel rotation in an adult patient presenting with symptoms of gastrointestinal obstruction

• Authors: Franciszek Rachel , Andrzej Łapiński , Dariusz Szczerba , Krystian Gutterch

Abstracts

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The authors report a case of a 21-year-old patient with incomplete bowel rotation presenting with symptoms of chronic obstruction of the upper gastrointestinal tract and the diagnostic difficulties posed by the presented case. The decisive diagnostic examination consisted in an abdominal CT scan with contrast administration. The patient was successfully treated by means of Ladd's procedure.

Keywords

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Congenital incomplete bowel rotation; obstruction; Ladd’s procedure

• Publisher: Index Copernicus International
• Journal: Polish Journal of Surgery
• Year: 2017
• Volume: 89(3)
• Pages: 44-47

Contributors

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Franciszek Rachel

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Andrzej Łapiński

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Dariusz Szczerba

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Krystian Gutterch

Identifiers

DOI

10.5604/01.3001.0010.1090