Open AccessA rare case of duodenal inversum- A laparoscopically manageable entity
Author(s) -
Pinak Dasgupta,
Soundappan Somasundaram,
S. Balasubramanian,
Palanisamy Senthilnathan
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of postgraduate medicine/journal of postgraduate medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.405
H-Index - 52
eISSN - 0972-2823
pISSN - 0022-3859
DOI - 10.4103/jpgm.jpgm_1231_20
Subject(s) - medicine , surgery , rare disease , general surgery , abdominal pain , pancreatitis , duodenum , disease , gastric outlet obstruction , laparoscopy
Duodenal inversum is a rare disease not frequently encountered in clinical practice. The diagnosis is usually made late due to its rarity. Many other causes of abdominal pain like ulcer disease, pancreatitis, malrotation are mostly thought of initially and the diagnosis is usually missed. Only a few cases of duodenal inversum present with outlet obstruction. Duodenojejunostomy is perhaps the ideal management for duodenal inversum if the patient presents with outlet obstruction. Our intention is to create awareness of such a rare disease with an available definitive treatment option in the form of minimally invasive surgery. One such case of a 31-year-old man is described that was successfully managed by laparoscopic duodenojejunostomy.