TITLE:
Intra-Uterine Proximal Loop Volvolus in Association with Ileal Atresia: A Pointer to Possible Aetiology of Small Bowel Atresias
AUTHORS:
Mohammad Aminu Mohammad, Anyanwu Lofty-John Chukwuemeka
KEYWORDS:
Intra-Uterine, Volvulus, Atresia, Outcome
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Pediatrics,
Vol.6 No.3,
August
15,
2016
ABSTRACT: Intrauterine diagnosis of small intestinal volvulus
is extremely rare; a small bowel volvulus may be caused, by an atresia or
malrotation, and it can also be an etiology for intestinal atresia. Early
antenatal diagnosis of fetal intestinal volvulus is difficult. Care full and
meticulous prenatal radiological investigations in the experience hand may
suggest the diagnosis. We present a male child who presented 9 hours after
birth with gangrenous proximal dilated loop volvulus in a type III B intestinal
atresia diagnosed intraoperative and was treated successfully. Presence of focal
abdominal wall edema in a newborn with intestinal obstruction may suggest this
diagnosis.