title: Anomalous congenital band: a rare cause of intestinal obstruction and failure to thrive.
abstract: Intestinal obstruction caused by an anomalous congenital band is very rare in adults and children. A 7-year-old boy was admitted with acute intestinal obstruction. His parents mentioned that the child always had mild abdominal distention and failure to thrive from his infancy. On his medical history, there were not any attacks of abdominal pain, fever and hospitalization. Laparotomy showed an ileal loop compressed by an anomalous band, which extended from the ileum to the sigmoid mesentery resembling a mesenteric remnant. The band was resected. Histologically, it was composed of loose connective tissue containing mature vessels.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Surgery, Adnan Menderes University, Tip Fakültesi, Cocuk Cerrahisi Anabilim Dali, 09100 Aydin, Turkey. betensel@adu.edu.tr
authors.forename: Barlas
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Etensel
authors.forename: Sezen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ozkisacik
authors.forename: Firuzan
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Döger
authors.forename: Mesut
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yazici
authors.forename: Harun
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Gürsoy
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D012809:Colon, Sigmoid; D005183:Failure to Thrive / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007082:Ileum / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008643:Mesentery / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery