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Anatomical challenge: a rare coexistence of caecal cancer and isolated duodenal malrotation.

Akinori SekiokaKunihiko TsuboiYoko ShonoYukito Adachi
Published in: BMJ case reports (2022)
Intestinal malrotation is a congenital anomaly, treated mostly during childhood. A small number of cases are incidentally found in adulthood, during operation for other abdominal diseases, such as colon cancer.Here, we present a case of caecal cancer with isolated duodenal malrotation, a subtype of intestinal malrotation, discovered incidentally during the operation for the cancer. Although the anatomical abnormality made the operation more complicated, laparoscopic resection was safely performed with oncologically adequate lymphadenectomy, owing to intraoperative confirmation of anatomy and careful dissection.
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