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Malrotation is part of a spectrum of small and large bowel positional and fixational abnormalities caused by the failure of the fetal intestine to complete a 270-degree rotation around the superior mesenteric artery axis. Rarely, it presents in the adult as a cause of acute small bowel obstruction. Chronic symptoms of malrotation in adults are subtle, and include intermittent abdominal pain, nausea and vomiting. We present two cases of malrotation in octogenarian men presenting acutely with small bowel obstruction. Both patients were treated with emergency surgery. In one case the chronic symptoms resolved postoperatively. Malrotation and midgut volvulus should be considered as a rare differential diagnosis for small bowel obstruction in adults. Suspicions should be increased when there is a history of recurrent presentations with similar symptoms.

Congenital intestinal malrotation presenting in octogenarians: a report of two cases