Background: Malrotation is an important diagnosis that needs to be identified on routine imaging and in the emergency setting. In our institution it is always surgically corrected and therefore accurate diagnosis is essential. Current teaching, supported by research, states that a lateral view on an upper gastrointestinal contrast study (UGIS) can satisfactorily demonstrate normal anatomy and a diagnosis of malrotation. The diagnosis must be made with confidence in this position because any delay in turning the patient into the AP plane can result in contrast progressing into the jejunum with overlapping bowel loops compromising the diagnosis. Read More

Meeting name: SPR 2018 Annual Meeting & Postgraduate Course , 2018

Authors: Lambert Elena, Andronikou Savvas

Keywords: Malrotation, Midgut volvulus