CASE REPORT   

Chirurgia 2019 October;32(5):259-62

DOI: 10.23736/S0394-9508.18.04883-0

Copyright © 2018 EDIZIONI MINERVA MEDICA

language: English

Remnant of the omphalomesenteric duct complicated by axial torsion in 16-months-old girl: case report and review of literature

Chiara PELLEGRINO ¹, Francesco MOLINARO ¹, Francesco FERRARA ¹, Giulia FUSI ¹, Edoardo BINDI ¹, Gianni GUAZZI ², Mario MESSINA ¹, Rossella ANGOTTI ¹ ✉

¹ Division of Pediatric Surgery, Department of Medical, Surgical and Neurological Sciences, University of Siena, Siena, Italy; ² Unit of Diagnosis in Emergency and Urgency, Department of Emergency, Urgency, and Diagnostics Services, University of Siena, Siena, Italy

Umbilical remnants of omphalomesenteric duct are usually clinically silent. A rare clinical manifestation in pediatric age, is a small intestinal obstruction due to axial torsion of omphalomesenteric duct remnant. We report a case of a gangrenous Meckel’s diverticulum secondary to axial torsion in patient with gastroenteritis, which has been reported once in the past 45 years.

KEY WORDS: Vitelline duct; Intestinal volvulus; Child