Malrotation discovered during routine radionuclide gastric emptying study. Academic Article uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • In infants with recurrent vomiting, and especially bilious vomiting, the algorithmic approach is to perform conventional barium upper gastrointestinal radiography to rule out malrotation and midgut volvulus, which are surgical emergencies. However, children with protracted vomiting and failure to thrive are candidates for medical treatment. These children are often evaluated by radionuclide gastric emptying studies to assess gastric emptying. Three patients are presented in whom the radionuclide gastric emptying study revealed the presence of a malrotation anomaly which had been undetected by antecedent barium gastrointestinal radiographic studies.

publication date

  • January 1, 1996

Research

keywords

  • Failure to Thrive
  • Gastric Emptying
  • Gastroesophageal Reflux
  • Stomach

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 0029782958

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1007/BF01372235

PubMed ID

  • 8753665

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 26

issue

  • 8