title: Preduodenal portal vein: a cause of prenatally diagnosed duodenal obstruction.
abstract: Preduodenal portal vein is a rare congenital anomaly that causes high intestinal obstruction. The authors report on a newborn who was diagnosed as having duodenal obstruction at 30 weeks' gestation. During surgery the patient was found to have duodenal obstruction caused by a preduodenal portal vein. Malrotation was an associated finding. Treatment consisted of Ladd's procedure and a diamond-shaped duodenoduodenostomy performed anterior to the portal vein.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Surgery, Keimyung University, Dongsan Medical Center, Taegu, Korea.
authors.forename: S O
authors.initials: SO
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: W H
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Park
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004378:Duodenal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005315:Fetal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D011169:Portal Vein / Q000002:abnormalities*; D011247:Pregnancy; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal