Neonatal intestinal volvulus due to a persistent right vitelline artery.
We report a case of neonatal intestinal volvulus around a persistent right vitelline artery, presenting as an aberrant parieto-mesenteric band on exploratory laparotomy. To our knowledge, this is the first case report in the English literature of a persistent right vitelline artery causing axial intestinal volvulus in a neonate. A review of the literature and the embryopathogenesis is discussed, as well as the importance of emergent diagnoses of such lesions.
Loh
Amos H P
AH
Department of Paediatric Surgery, KK Women's and Children's Hospital , Singapore, Singapore. aloh@alumni.nus.edu.sg
Prasad
Sai T R
ST
Chew
Sung-Hock
SH
Jacobsen
Anette S
AS
D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D045822:Intestinal Volvulus / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D007813:Laparotomy; D008638:Mesenteric Arteries / Q000002:abnormalities*; D011860:Radiography, Abdominal; D014652:Vascular Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000151:congenital; D014816:Vitelline Duct / Q000098:blood supply*