RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Morbidity of rotational abnormalities of the gut beyond infancy
JF Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
JO Cleve Clin J Med
FD Cleveland Clinic
SP 303
OP 309
VO 50
IS 3
A1 Firor, Hugh V.
A1 Steiger, Ezra
YR 1983
UL http://www.ccjm.org/content/50/3/303.abstract
AB Nine cases of rotational abnormalities of the gut diagnosed after infancy are presented. Eight of the 9 patients had chronic episodic symptoms and 2 patients with life-long symptoms were diagnosed only when acute midgut volvulus with infarction occurred. Rotational abnormalities of the gut in older children, although uncommon, may be associated with morbidity of long duration, and occasionally mortality. Surgical correction is indicated when a rotational abnormality is identified that is symptomatic or prone to the complication of midgut volvulus because of its anatomic characteristics.