Case Report. An Autopsy Case of the Positional Anomaly of the Gut

Positional anomaly of the intestine was found in an autopsy of a 75 year-old male. The main characteristics of this case were as follows: The caecum was present in the upper abdomen at the height between L1 and L2, overlapping on the duodenum. The small intestine traveled in a counterclockwise direc...

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Published inOkajimas Folia Anatomica Japonica Vol. 63; no. 2-3; pp. 133 - 139
Main Authors UKESHIMA, Atsumi, YASUNAGA, Masahiro, YANAI, Shinji, YANAGI, Fumiharu, FUJIMOTO, Toyoaki
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Editorial Board of Okajimas Folia Anatomica Japonica 1986
Subjects
autopsy
gross anatomy
gut anomaly
gut formation
malrotation
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Summary:Positional anomaly of the intestine was found in an autopsy of a 75 year-old male. The main characteristics of this case were as follows: The caecum was present in the upper abdomen at the height between L1 and L2, overlapping on the duodenum. The small intestine traveled in a counterclockwise direction from the right to left. The ascending colon was compacted in a mass and superposed the liver. The liver was very small and deformed, measuring only 650 g. Whole colons had mesenteries of 37 mm to 89 mm in length. The duodenum ran sigmoidly in a right abdomen. The colon became suddenly slim at the portion of 75 mm caudal to the ileocaecal region and this slimming continued to the rectum.
ISSN:0030-154X
1881-1736
DOI:10.2535/ofaj1936.63.2-3_133