Nonfixation of the falciform ligament discovered during laparoscopic pyloromyotomy in a 3-week-old infant: A potential cause of intestinal obstruction
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Failure of the peritoneum to fuse with the umbilical vein can lead to nonfixation of the falciform ligament. The exposed remnant of umbilical vein persists as a congenital band spanning the peritoneal cavity from the umbilicus to the liver. This abnormality has been associated with internal herniation and bowel obstruction in infants. We describe a case of pyloric stenosis in an infant who, at the time of laparoscopic pyloromyotomy, was found to have nonfixation of the falciform ligament causing a volvulus of the transverse colon without clinical signs of obstruction. 2016 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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