Abstract
A complication of patent vitello-intestinal ducts is intussusception producing a double-horned prolapse of small bowel through the duct. We report a previously undescribed variant where prolapse occured prenatally and resulted in complete atresia of the distal horn as far as the transverse colon.
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McMullin, N., Beasley, S.W. & Kelly, J.H. Prenatal intussusception of a vitello-intestinal duct in association with ileal atresia. Pediatr Surg Int 2, 122–123 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00174190
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00174190