Midgut malrotation in adulthood

Intern Med. 2000 Aug;39(8):626-31.

Abstract

A 29-year-old man was admitted to our hospital with a history of recurrent right upper quadrant abdominal pain and vomiting. These symptoms appeared intermittently for 7 years. Various examinations revealed a diagnosis of midgut malrotation. Laparotomy was performed and revealed reverse rotation of the duodenum with paraduodenal hernia and a normal rotating colon. This case suggests that recurrent abdominal complaints in an adult should arouse suspicion of midgut malrotation.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Abdominal Pain / diagnosis
  • Adult
  • Barium Sulfate
  • Duodenum / abnormalities*
  • Duodenum / diagnostic imaging
  • Duodenum / pathology
  • Enema
  • Hernia / diagnostic imaging
  • Hernia / pathology
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Substances

  • Barium Sulfate