TY - JOUR
AR - AJSCR-2023-3-103
TI - Twist without a Turn: A Rare Case Report of Mal-Rotated Gut with Caecal and Ascending Colon Volvulus in an Adult
AU - Vimlendra Kumar, Chaudhary
AU - Anubhav, Vindal
AU - Manu, Vats
AU - Sanchit, Katyal
AU - Megha, Meena
AU - Gautam, Chellani
JO - American Journal of Surgical Case Reports
PY - 2023
DA - Mon 23, Oct 2023
SN - 2674-5046
DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.31487/j.AJSCR.2023.03.03
UR - https://www.sciencerepository.org/twist-without-a-turn_AJSCR-2023-3-103 
KW - Volvulus of midgut, intestinal obstruction, adult, abdominal pain, ischemia
AB - Midgut malrotation is a pathology seen in approximately 1:500 live births. It is an anomaly of fetal intestinal rotation that usually presents in the first month of life. It is rare for malrotation to present in adulthood. Symptomatic patients present either acutely with intestinal obstruction and ischemia with a midgut or caecal volvulus, or chronically with vague abdominal pain. In adult life, it is mostly diagnosed incidentally during a radiological investigation or during surgery for an unrelated condition as it is generally asymptomatic in adults. We present a rare case of a patient who presented to us with obstruction due to a mal-rotated gut with caecal and ascending colon volvulus with Ladd’s bands and was operated in our institution.