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Copyright © 2009 Belgaumkar et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. Small bowel haemorrhage associated with partial midgut malrotation in a middle-aged man Ajay Belgaumkar,  1 Dheeraj Karamchandani,1 Praveen Peddu,2 and Klaus-Martin Schulte1,31Department of General Surgery, King's College Hospital, Denmark Hill, London, UK 2Department of Radiology, King's College Hospital, Denmark Hill, London, UK 3King's College London, University of London, UK Corresponding author.Ajay Belgaumkar: ajay.belgaumkar/at/kch.nhs.uk; Dheeraj Karamchandani: docdheeraj/at/gmail.com; Praveen Peddu: praveen.peddu/at/kch.nhs.uk; Klaus-Martin Schulte: Klaus-Martin.Schulte/at/kch.nh.uk Received November 27, 2008; Accepted January 13, 2009. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. | ||||
Abstract We describe a case of life-threatening small bowel haemorrhage in a 56 year old man, who was found to have partial midgut malrotation at laparotomy. An association between congenital malrotation and gastrointestinal haemorrhage has not previously been reported in this age group. We discuss the association between gut malrotation and small intestinal pathology and describe the principles of management in these patients. | ||||
