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A Unique Case of Congenital Band Mimicking Perforated Appendicitis

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Mohsen Kalhor1, Ameneh Sabzi-Sarvestani 2,*, Mehdi Molaei3
1Department of S urgery, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran
2Department of Surgery, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran
3Department of S urgery, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences , Zahedan, Iran
*Corresponding Author: Department of Surgery, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran Email: sabziam@yahoo.com

Zahedan Journal of Research in Medical Sciences:Vol. 16, issue 1; 98-99
Published online:Mar 11, 2013
Article type:Case Report
Received:Sep 08, 2012
Accepted:Oct 24, 2012
How to Cite:Kalhor M, Sabzi-Sarvestani A, Molaei M. A Unique Case of Congenital Band Mimicking Perforated Appendicitis. Zahedan J Res Med Sci. 2013;16(1):. doi:

Abstract

Intestinal obstruction caused by an anomalous congenital band is a very rare condition in adult and children. We report rare cause of acute non-post operative small bowel obstruction.

A case of 21-year-old female with abdominal pain, while clinical and radiographic examinations were not diagnostic. After an open laparotomy a congenital band extending from antimesenteric wall of the jejunum to the root of mesentery was found that cause direct compression and entrapment of a segment of bowel loop.

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