Anomalous congenital band: a rare cause of intestinal obstruction and failure to thrive

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...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Pediatric surgery international 2005-12, Vol.21 (12), p.1018-1020
Main Authors: Etensel, Barlas, Ozkisacik, Sezen, Döger, Firuzan, Yazici, Mesut, Gürsoy, Harun
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Child
Colon, Sigmoid
Failure to Thrive - etiology
Humans
Ileum - abnormalities
Ileum - surgery
Intestinal Obstruction - etiology
Intestinal Obstruction - surgery
Male
Mesentery - abnormalities
Mesentery - surgery
Citations: Items that this one cites
Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary: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.
ISSN:0179-0358
1437-9813
DOI:10.1007/s00383-005-1563-x