Acute diverticulitis in a patient with intestinal malrotation

Acute diverticulitis in a patient with intestinal malrotation.

Figure 3 – Intersection of the superior mesenteric artery in front of the vein, at the right of it. CliniCal Case 61 year-old female, afebrile and hemodynamically stable, admitted to emergency room reporting abdominal pain of 5 days duration. Abdominal examination: soft and depressible abdomen, painful on palpation at left iliac fossa, without defense. TAC: multiple diverticula in the descendin...

[Adult intestinal malrotation associated with intestinal volvulus].

BACKGROUND Intestinal malrotation is a congenital anomaly of the intestinal rotation and fixation, and usually occurs in the neonatal age. OBJECTIVE Description of a clinical case associated with acute occlusive symptoms. CLINICAL CASE A case of intestinal malrotation is presented in a previously asymptomatic woman of 46 years old with an intestinal obstruction, with radiology and surgical ...

Intestinal perforation in a patient with paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria

Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH) is a rare hematologic disorder that manifests with hemolytic anemia, thrombosis, and peripheral blood cytopenias.Acute abdominal pain is one of the PNH clinical manifestations due to venous thrombosis of intra-abdominal sites including hepatic, portal, mesenteric, and splenic veins.Eculizumaband allogeneic bone marrow transplantation (BMT) arethe only w...

Left obstructive uropathy as a form of presentation of acute appendicitis in a patient with intestinal malrotation.

Increased risk of complications in acute onset intestinal malrotation.

INTRODUCTION Intestinal malrotation is a potentially life-threatening illness which presents in many different ways and the symptoms span from acute to chronic. The purpose of this study was to determine the clinical presentation of intestinal malrotation at all ages. MATERIAL AND METHODS This was a retrospective study of all patients operated for intestinal malrotation at Odense University H...