Malrotation of the midgut associated with horseshoe kidney presenting as gastric outlet obstruction in a 15-year-old boy

• Main Authors: Chigbundu Collins Nwokoro (Author), E A Emmanuel (Author), A A Olatunji (Author), B A Salami (Author), L O Amosu (Author), I O Ogundele (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Malrotation occurs in approximately 1 in 500 live births. However, the true incidence of malrotation is unknown since many asymptomatic patients fail to present. Approximately 90% of patients with malrotation are diagnosed within the 1st year of life. Eighty per cent of them are diagnosed within the...