Asymptomatic Intestinal Malrotation Progressing to Midgut Volvulus in a Decompensated Alcoholic Cirrhotic Adult: A Rare Scenario Requiring Special Considerations

Asymptomatic Intestinal Malrotation Progressing to Midgut Volvulus in a Decompensated Alcoholic Cirrhotic Adult: A Rare Scenario Requiring Special Considerations

Intestinal malrotation usually presents in the pediatric population with midgut volvulus requiring emergency Ladd’s procedure. Rarely, it remains asymptomatic and is discovered incidentally only during adulthood when it seldom causes intestinal complications. The scenario of a cirrhotic adult being...

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Main Authors: Vatche Melkonian, Pablo Quadri, Chintalapati R. Varma, Mustafa Nazzal, Henry B. Randall, Minh-Tri J. P. Nguyen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2020-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Surgery
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/4196012
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