Acute appendicitis in a young adult with midgut malrotation: a case report
- 30 January 2001
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Springer Nature in European Radiology
- Vol. 11 (7) , 1171-1174
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s003300000734
Abstract
Midgut malrotation is defined as a developmental anomaly that may cause atypical clinical symptoms in relatively common intestinal disorders due to altered anatomy. A 27-year-old woman presented with acute left-sided abdominal pain. Underlying type Ia malrotation prevented the correct clinical diagnosis of perforated, ulcerated appendicitis. Cross-sectional imaging demonstrated all the typical signs of this type of malrotation, i.e., right-sided duodenojejunal junction, left positioned cecum and ascending colon, inverted position of the superior mesenteric vessels, and hypoplasia of the uncinate process of pancreas, and surgical treatment was initiated.Keywords
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