Patent vitello-intestinal duct: an unusual presentation.
The case history of a child passing a roundworm through the umbilicus is presented. The diagnosis and management of a patent vitello-intestinal duct is discussed.
Perera
J
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Lady Ridgeway Hospital for Children, Colombo.
D000818:Animals; D001196:Ascariasis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D017164:Ascaris lumbricoides; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007412:Intestinal Fistula / Q000151:congenital*; D014816:Vitelline Duct / Q000002:abnormalities*