DOI: 10.36347/sjams.2019.v07i06.040

Pages: 2231-2233

Malrotation of the midgut is seen as an abnormality in embryological development of gastrointestinal tract. Intestinal malrotation is a rare condition but is considered an important cause of bowel obstruction in adults. During routine dissection for teaching undergraduate students, in the department of anatomy PIMS Jalandhar, we encountered a case of intestinal malrotation with absence of appendix. In this particular cadaver the whole of small gut was lying in right paracolic gutter and large intestine was on the left side of small intestine. This malrotation was accompanied by abnormal mesenteric bands. It is important to diagnose such a malrotation because it may cause abdominal symptoms. The absence of vermiform appendix is very rare.The knowledge of associated vascular anomalies with malrotation is important when abdominal surgery is to be planned.