title: Abdominal pain with a twist.
abstract: Malrotation in children is due to either an incomplete or non-rotation of the foetal mid-gut during perinatal development. Presentation is usually in the first few weeks of life, often with life-threatening volvulus and ischaemia. However, it can be a rare cause of abdominal pain in older children and young adults. We present such a case, as a reminder to emergency physicians that malrotation should be considered in the differential diagnosis of recurrent or chronic abdominal pain not only in children but also in adolescents.
authors.affiliation: Emergency Department, St Georges Hospital-London, Blackshaw Road, Tooting, London, SW17 0QT, UK. jaiganesh@doctors.org.uk.
authors.forename: Rachael
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mathews
authors.forename: Sam
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Thenabadu
authors.forename: Thiagarajan
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Jaiganesh