Congenital diaphragm of the duodenum in an adult: a case report.
Chronic duodenal obstruction related to a congenital mucosal diaphragm is a rare anomaly that is difficult to diagnose preoperatively. The authors report the case of a 22-year-old woman with this anomaly. Diagnosis was not established until a second surgical exploration, when the web was found and excised through an anterior duodenotomy. The patient had a gastric atony for 3 weeks after the operation. It was successfully corrected by administering oxytocin.
D000328:Adult; D004380:Duodenal Obstruction / Q000151:congenital* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D004386:Duodenum / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans