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Axial and coronal CT images with barium oral contrast, of our patient with arrows demonstrating all small bowel positioned on the right side; this is diagnostic of malrotation.
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However, she presented on this occasion with an outpatient CT (with oral barium contrast, no intravenous contrast) which demonstrated all of the small bowel on the right side of her abdomen (Fig. 1).
Small bowel noted completely on right side of abdomen.
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Intra-operatively, the patient was noted to have a mobile caecum and the small bowel was noted to all be on the right side of the abdomen (Fig. 2).
Ladd's band extending from right abdominal wall to caecum.
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Ladd's bands from the caecum to the right abdominal wall compressing the duodenum were divided and the Ladd's procedure was completed by fixing the caecum to the left upper quadrant (Figs. 3 & 4 ).