Department of Pathology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center

 

January 2004, Case 403-1. Quiz set! Click here to see.

A 2 month-old infant with malrotation 

Clinical informationThe patient was a 2 month 6 day-old female infant who presented to her primary care physician with bilious emesis. A upper GI series suggested a diagnosis of malrotation. She was admitted and an exploratory laporatomy with Ladd procedure was performed. The malrotation was confirmed. A prophylactic appendectomy was performed. The following photomicrographs were taken from the appendix.

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