A wide variety of anomalies may occur as a result of the vitellointestinal duct (VID) failing to obliterate completely. Most reports on symptomatic VID focus on Meckel's diverticulum, while other anomalies are given little attention. We report a case of a baby of five months who had an intestinal loop inverted through a patent VID. The inverted loop was reduced and ileostomy was done which was ...

Vitelline duct anomalies (VDA) are rare complications of persistent omphalomesentric duct or vitelline duct connecting the developing embryo with the yolk sac. VDA can be asymptomatic (detected incidentally) or symptomatic, most common of which is Meckel's diverticulum. A patent vitelline duct is the. most common symptomatic presentation in African children and we present here a four day old ne...

Persistent patency of the arterial duct represents one of the most common lesions in the field of congenital cardiac disease. The strategies for management continue to evolve. In this review, we focus on management beyond the neonatal period. We review the temporal evolution of strategies for management, illustrate the currently available the techniques for permanent closure of the patent arter...

background: transcatheter occlusion of the patent ductus arteriosus (pda) is a minimally invasive treatment. the appropriate device size is chosen based on the angiographic measurement of the pda . the current study aimed to assess the relationship between the transthoracic echocardiographic (tte) measurements of the pda prior to the occlusion procedure and the actual size of the deployed devic...

Patent arterial duct (PAD) is a congenital heart abnormality defined as persistent patency in term infants older than three months. Isolated PAD is found in around 1 in 2000 full term infants. A higher prevalence is found in preterm infants, especially those with low birth weight. The female to male ratio is 2:1. Most patients are asymptomatic when the duct is small. With a moderate-to-large du...

Background: Previous studies have considered patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) a common finding in premature infants, leading to complications such as intracranial hemorrhage, necrotizing enterocolitis and pulmonary dysplasia. The aim of this study was to assess and compare the efficacy of oral ibuprofen and intravenous acetaminophen in the closure of arterial duct in premature newborns. We also e...