Presentation
Bilious vomiting for 1 day.
Patient Data
Age: 1 year
Gender: Male
From the case:
Midgut volvulus
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Grey scale and color Doppler US through the mid abdomen beautifully depicting the whirlpool sign of the vessels and surrounding small bowel loops demonstrated on transverse scan.
Proximal bowel loops are fluid filled and dilated.
Case Discussion
Features are of midgut volvulus. It mostly presents in the first year of life. It is a complication of malrotation. Urgent surgical repair is required.