Jejunal stricture from compression by fallopian tube associated with autoamputation of an ovarian cyst: An unusual cause of neonatal intestinal obstruction

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Thambi dorai, C.R. | Hazlina, K. | Sakti, T. | Cheah, P.L. | Subapriya, S.

Affiliations: Department of Surgery, University Malaya Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | Department of Pathology, University Malaya Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | Department of Radiology, University Malaya Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Note: [] Corresponding author: C.R. Thambi dorai, Paediatric Surgery Unit, Department of Surgery, University Malaya Medical Centre, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Tel.: +60 126277507; Fax: +60 379586360; E-mail: thambidorai@gmail.com

Abstract: A neonate presented with intestinal obstruction due to jejunal stricture associated with torsion and autoamputation of an ovarian cyst. The stricture had resulted from prolonged pressure on the bowel by fallopian tube acting as a band. Only 20 cases of neonatal intestinal obstruction as a complication of ovarian cysts have been described in the literature but none of them had the mechanism depicted in this patient.

Keywords: Ovarian cyst, torsion, neonatal intestinal obstruction, autoamputation, stricture

DOI: 10.3233/NPM-2012-57011

Journal: Journal of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, vol. 5, no. 3, pp. 279-282, 2012