TITLE:
A Case Report of Adult Patent Vitellointestinal Duct Sac and Midgut Volvulus
AUTHORS:
Mohannad Eledreesi, Mohammed Aladwani, Osama Alnawaiseh, Yasser Arafat
KEYWORDS:
Vitellointestinal Duct Sac, Midgut Volvulus, Bowel Obstruction
JOURNAL NAME:
Surgical Science,
Vol.13 No.3,
March
10,
2022
ABSTRACT: Midgut
volvulus is a clinical rare condition which appears as recurrent intermittent abdominal pain after
consumption of food with intermittent colicky pain
and sometimes with completely asymptomatic period. This gut twist may
result in complications such as ischemia, obstruction, hemorrhage, or
perforation. In the yolk sac during the third week of intrauterine life, there is normal communication with
intraembryonic gut. During
development proceeds, this
communication gets thinner into a tube known as
the vitellointestinal duct. Vitellointestinal duct usually becomes obliterated before eighth week of
intrauterine life. In about 2% of people this duct persists and gives rise to a group of anomalies such as Meckel’s
diverticulum is the commonest and complete patency of the duct is the rarest.
Here we present the case of a 34-year-old male who presented with both
conditions.