Article ; Online: Malrotation of intestine with Carcinoma Colon in adult AUTHORS Dr. Dipankar Ray MS DNB FRCS* Prof. Gautam Chattopadhyay MS FRCS Dr. Surajit Das MS * Assistant Professor, Department of Surgical Gastroenterology Medical College Kolkata
Journal of Nepal Medical Association, Vol 52, Iss
2014 Volume 193
Abstract: Malrotation of gut is a congenital anomaly and patients usually present in childhood. Occasionally it may present in adulthood. Patients are usually asymptomatic when malrotation of gut is detected during investigations, operation or autopsy. Also it can ...
Abstract | Malrotation of gut is a congenital anomaly and patients usually present in childhood. Occasionally it may present in adulthood. Patients are usually asymptomatic when malrotation of gut is detected during investigations, operation or autopsy. Also it can cause longstanding abdominal symptoms, volvulus of gut. Malrotation of gut may present with gastrointestinal neoplasms of stomach, hepato-biliary, pancreas and colo-rectal. We present a 60year old female presented with carcinoma caecum along with intestinal malrotation, which is first reported case from India. We also searched literature to find out any association between colo-rectal malignancy and intestinal malrotation, whether it should be considered as premalignant condition and its implication in children with malrotation |
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Keywords | Medicine (General) ; R5-920 |
Language | English |
Publishing date | 2014-03-01T00:00:00Z |
Publisher | Nepal Medical Association |
Document type | Article ; Online |
Database | BASE - Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (life sciences selection) |
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