Introduction Congenital duodenal obstruction may be due to intrinsic or extrinsic lesions. Intrinsic duodenal obstruction may be caused by duodenal atresia, stenosis, diaphragm with or without perforation, or by a wind-sock web or membrane that balloons distally. Extrinsic duodenal obstruction may be caused by malrotation with Ladd’s bands or a preduodenal portal vein or annular pancreas. The a...

Duodenal obstruction may be caused by inoperable malignant disease. Symptoms of nausea and vomiting have been traditionally palliated by surgery. The aim of the study was to determine the efficacy of the endoscopic placement of metal self expanding duodenal stents for the palliation of malignant duodenal obstruction. Four patients with malignant gastric outlet obstruction are described. One pat...

INTRODUCTION Duodenal obstruction in case of chronic pancreatitis is a very rare occurrence and usually presents with gastric outlet obstruction. These cases sometimes require surgical intervention when conservative treatment fails. Gastrojejunostomy and vagotomy has conventionally been performed for management of these cases. PRESENTATION OF CASE In this report, we present two cases of isola...

BACKGROUND Duodenal Peutz-Jeghers polyp is a rare cause of duodenal or biliary obstruction. However, a sporadic Peutz-Jeghers polyp leading to simultaneous biliary and duodenal obstruction has not been reported. CASE PRESENTATION We report a case of a 25-year-old Sri Lankan woman presenting with features of recurrent upper small intestinal obstruction and biliary obstruction. She had clinical...

conclusions in addition to an appropriate clinical history, ct findings indicating decreased aortomesenteric angle and a shortened aortomesenteric distance can suggest the diagnosis for both the superior mesenteric artery syndrome and accompanying nutcracker syndrome. case presentation in this report, a patient is described presenting with epigastric pain and weight loss due to superior mesente...

BACKGROUND Congenital duodenal obstruction is one of the commonest causes of neonatal intestinal obstruction. We are presenting our 15-year experience by analyzing clinical spectrum and outcome in neonates with duodenal obstruction admitted at our center. MATERIAL AND METHODS The hospital records of all neonates admitted with duodenal obstruction from June 2000 to June 2015 were reviewed. The...

BACKGROUND Congenital duodenal obstruction (CDO) is one of the most common anomalies in newborns, and accounting for nearly half of all cases of neonatal intestinal obstruction. This study aimed to review our single-center experience in managing congenital duodenal obstruction while evaluate the outcomes. METHODS We conducted a retrospective analysis of the records of all neonates dianogsed w...