Duodenal atresia associated with apple-peel configuration of distal small bowel in a late preterm neonate: a rare case report and literature review
Minale Menberu Kebede, Jejaw Endale Mihretie, Mesfin Tesera Wassie, Asratu Getnet Amare, Temesgen Agegnehu Abebe · 2026
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Description
A newborn whose upper gut is sealed shut faces surgery in the first days of life. Minale Menberu Kebede and co-authors report a rare form of that fault in a 2026 case report. Their patient, a girl born a bit early, threw up bile on her second day.
An X-ray showed the classic double-bubble sign of a blocked duodenum. At surgery, the block sat just past a bile duct opening, and parts of the gut and its blood supply were missing. The lower bowel coiled like an apple peel around a single vessel stalk. Surgeons joined the gut ends and kept as much bowel as they could. The baby fed well and went home stable.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Minale Menberu Kebede, Jejaw Endale Mihretie, Mesfin Tesera Wassie, Asratu Getnet Amare, Temesgen Agegnehu Abebe |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 16 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |