Abstract

Intestinal malrotation is a disease of incomplete rotation and abnormal fixation of midgut during the intrauterin period. Intestinal malrotation is often diagnased in the newborn period because patients usually become symptomatic during this period. Rarely symptoms of recurrent vomiting attacks or atypical clinical findings may begin after the neonatal period. In this article, we presented a 3.5 year-old patient who had not been noticed in spite of the vomiting in the neonatal period and the recurrence of the attacks in following years. Although the patient had intestinal obstruction, his upper gastrointestinal series with barium were unremarkable. Abdominal computed tomography revealed the intestinal malrotation which is confirmed by the operation. In this article we emphasize that if the intestinal malrotation is in the diagnostic possibblities, abdominal tomografi can be a good diagnostic tool

Keywords: Delayed diagnosis of intestinal malrotation, computed tomography, child

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Şahin GE, Yılmaz Ö, Özalp D, Tekin G, Kasırga E. COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY IN DELAYED DIAGNOSIS OF INTESTINAL MALROTATION. Turk J Pediatr Dis [Internet]. 2012 Aug. 1 [cited 2025 May 24];6(2):111-5. Available from: https://turkjpediatrdis.org/article/view/183