Malrotation in newborns following antenatal diagnosis of intra-abdominal cyst.
Two newborn girls had malrotation, small bowel in a subdiaphragmatic location on the right and leftward displacement of the liver. On antenatal scans, each had been diagnosed as having a large intra-abdominal cyst, but this had disappeared in both by the time of delivery. Both infants were asymptomatic at birth. One baby had a wrinkled abdominal wall, which is typically a component of prune belly syndrome. Both babies underwent Ladd procedure for their malrotation. In one, plate-like calcification over the hepatic capsule was the only residue of the previous cyst. In the other, mesenchymal hamartoma of the liver was diagnosed from histology of a collapsed adherent cyst.
Littlewood Teele
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Department of Radiology, Starship Children's Hospital and National Women's Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand.
Pease
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Rowley
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D002114:Calcinosis / Q000175:diagnosis; D003560:Cysts / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D006222:Hamartoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D011296:Prenatal Diagnosis; D011859:Radiography; D014463:Ultrasonography