title: Intrauterine omphalic ileal entrapment as an unusual cause of ileal atresia: report of a case.
abstract: We report a case of ileal atresia (IA) caused by an omphalic ring closure anomaly. A 2-day-old male neonate started vomiting bile, accompanied by abdominal distention. Laparotomy revealed that the distal part of the ileum was entrapped within the omphalic ring and that this entrapped segment of ileum was atretic. To our knowledge, this potential mechanism of IA has not been described before.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric Urology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital and Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, 45229-3039, USA.
authors.forename: Akshay
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pratap
authors.forename: Rohit P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Yadav
authors.forename: Amir
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bajracharya
authors.forename: Amit
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Agrawal
authors.forename: Nisha
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Bhatta
authors.forename: Chandra Shekhar
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Agrawal
mesh_terms: D004065:Digestive System Abnormalities; D006801:Humans; D007082:Ileum / Q000002:abnormalities*; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007409:Intestinal Atresia / Q000209:etiology*; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D014816:Vitelline Duct / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000196:embryology*