Lymphovenous obstruction in anomalous midgut rotation.

Abstract

Anomalous midgut rotation is a recognized disease entity in the neonate. When it presents as an unrelenting obstruction or midgut volvulus with strangulation, the diagnosis or the need for surgical treatment is hardly ever in doubt. How- ever, some patients may pass into childhood with symptoms of recurrent subacute intestinal obstruc- tion or a malabsorption state where the underlying cause is malrotation of the midgut. We present two patients whose case histories illustrate some of these features.