Intestinal malrotation diagnosed by cholescintigraphy.
Malrotation of the gut is a congenital abnormality in which the primitive intestinal loop fails to undergo rotation to its normal adult position. Rotation of the gut may become arrested at any stage, producing abnormal locations of the intestines within the abdomen. Malrotation may cause intestinal obstruction or volvulus or may remain asymptomatic. The case presented here illustrates asymptomatic malrotation of the gut, first detected by cholescintigraphy.
Glowniak
J V
JV
Veterans Administration Medical Center, Portland, Oregon 97207.
D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D007098:Imino Acids; D007422:Intestines / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D012399:Rotation; D019785:Technetium Tc 99m Disofenin
D007098:Imino Acids; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D019785:Technetium Tc 99m Disofenin