Diagnostic Conundrum in Intestinal Obstruction; Malrotation in Elderly
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Intestinal Malrotation: A Rare Cause of Small Intestinal Obstruction
Background. The diagnosis of intestinal malrotation is established by the age of 1 year in most cases, and the condition is seldom seen in adults. In this paper, a patient with small intestinal malrotation-type intraperitoneal hernia who underwent surgery at an older age because of intestinal obstruction is presented. Case. A 73-year-old patient who presented with acute intestinal obstruction u...
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عنوان ژورنال: Turkiye Klinikleri Journal of Case Reports
سال: 2021
ISSN: 2147-9291
DOI: 10.5336/caserep.2020-77988