Haraux E, Leroux F, Gouron R, Delforge X, Buisson P
Service de chirurgie de l'enfant, CHU Amiens-Picardie, rond-point Fernand-Léger, 80080 Amiens, France; Laboratoire PériTox-INERIS, université Picardie-Jules-Verne, rond-point Fernand-Léger, 80080 Amiens, France.
Service de chirurgie viscérale, CHU Amiens-Picardie, rond-point Fernand-Léger, 80080 Amiens, France.
Arch Pediatr. 2017 May;24(5):468-470. doi: 10.1016/j.arcped.2017.02.029. Epub 2017 Mar 24.
A congenital mesenteric band is a rare cause of intestinal obstruction. We describe a case of upper gastrointestinal obstruction on a jejunal congenital band in a 2-year-old child. The challenge is to make the diagnosis in a patient with no history of previous surgery.