Duodenum Inversum: A Rare Cause of Chronic Nausea and Vomiting

Case Rep Gastrointest Med. 2018 Dec 25:2018:7538601. doi: 10.1155/2018/7538601. eCollection 2018.

Abstract

Duodenum inversum (DI), also known as inverted duodenum or duodenum reflexum, is a congenital malformation in which the third portion of the duodenum, instead of continuing leftward to the ligament of Treitz, reverses direction and travels in a superior, posterior track prior to crossing the midline above the pancreas. We present a case of a 62-year-old woman presenting with chronic nausea and vomiting, subsequently found to have DI.

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