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CASE REPORT
Midgut malrotation with congenital peritoneal band: a rare cause of small bowel obstruction in adulthood
  1. Soo Fin Low1,
  2. Chai Soon Ngiu2,
  3. Radhika Sridharan1,
  4. Yee Ling Lee3
  1. 1Department of Radiology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre, Cheras, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  2. 2Department of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre, Cheras, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  3. 3Department of Radiology, Hospital Queen Elizabeth, Cheras, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  1. Correspondence to Dr Soo Fin Low, soofinlow{at}gmail.com

Summary

Midgut malrotation commonly presents in the neonatal period, and rarely manifests its symptoms in adulthood with an estimated incidence of 0.2–0.5%. Nevertheless, the symptoms are non-specific with no strong pointers towards the clinical diagnosis. Consequently, the diagnosis is usually disclosed with imaging or surgery. We report a case of small bowel obstruction secondary to a congenital peritoneal band with underlying midgut malrotation in a 48-year-old man.

https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2013-202690

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