title: Neonatal intestinal volvulus due to a persistent right vitelline artery.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatric Surgery, KK Women's and Children's Hospital , Singapore, Singapore. aloh@alumni.nus.edu.sg
authors.forename: Amos H P
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Loh
authors.forename: Sai T R
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: Prasad
authors.forename: Sung-Hock
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Chew
authors.forename: Anette S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Jacobsen
mesh_terms: 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*