title: Ileus during pregnancy caused by malrotation.
abstract: Ileus during pregnancy is a rare complication. Malrotation in the adult is an even rarer finding. A case of a woman who developed an ileus in her seventeenth week of pregnancy is presented. At surgery the cause appeared to be a malrotation of the midgut. The incidence and causes of ileus during pregnancy are discussed. Also a short description of the different forms of malrotation are presented. New insights in the etiology of malrotation based on experiments with rats are mentioned.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, University Hospital Maastricht, The Netherlands. wvz@idia.azm.nl
authors.forename: W H
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: van Zwam
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sie
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: de Haan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007410:Intestinal Diseases / Q000150:complications; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome