Abstract:

Intestinal malrotation is a disease of incomplete rotation and abnormal fixation of the midgut during the intrauterine period. Intestinal malrotation is often diagnosed 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 despite the vomiting in the neonatal period and the recurrence of the attacks in the 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 possibilities, abdominal tomography can be a good diagnostic tool

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