A wide variety of anomalies may occur as a result the vitello- intestinal duct (VID) failing to obliterate completely. These in approximately 2% population and remain silent throughout life or present incidentally with an intra-abdominal complication. Complete patency vitello-intestinal is rarest all VID. We report case 27 day old female presenting pinkish umbilical mass since birth refe...

Vitello-intestinal [omphalo-mesenteric duct (OMD)] connects the developing mid-gut to the primitive yolk sac, provides nutrition to the embryo and remains patent and connected to the intestines until the fifth to ninth week of gestational period. Varied remnants of the vitello-intestinal duct have been reported. The present case-report describes a completely obliterated fibrous remnant of the d...

Congenital umbilical cord hernia is fairly common in infants and it is rarely associated with other anomalies. Sometimes, large umbilical cord hernia is confused with Small omphaloceles. We report an unusual case of umbilical cord hernia associated with patent vitello-intestinal duct (PVID), and Meckel's diverticulum underwent surgery and discharged with good general condition.

Meckel's diverticulum is the most common congenital anomaly of the gastro-intestinal tract. It arises as a result of incomplete dissolution of the vitello-intestinal duct. Approximately 4% of patients with Meckel's diverticula develop complications, most commonly obstruction, gastro-intestinal bleeding and inflammation. We describe three unusual presentations of Meckel's diverticulum-perforatio...

Pediatrician attending to a newborn delivered by emergency cesarean section observed a red coloured mass protruding from the umbilicus by the side of umbilical cord. Pediatric surgeon was called for opinion. Pediatrician had tied the umbilical cord with a sterile thread rather than usual umbilical clamp. It was a full term male baby with a patent vitello-intestinal duct (VID) and a prolapsing p...

Remnants of the vitello-intestinal duct are said to be present in 2 to 4% of all routine postmortem examinations, but presumably many people live their allotted span of life despite their presence and at no time have symptoms referable to them. On the other hand, these vestigial structures may make their presence known dramatically in the first few years of life, or, more rarely, in adult life....

INTRODUCTION Patent vitellointestinal duct occurs in about 2% of the population which unusually leads to small intestinal obstruction associated with high morbidity and mortality. Here we are reporting an unusual case of patent vitellointestinal duct causing small intestinal obstruction in an adult patient. PRESENTATION OF CASE A 22-year-old male without any medical illness presented as an em...