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Newborns may be at risk of loss of significant length of bowel if this rare condition is not considered in the differential diagnosis of bilious emesis.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>PRESENTATION OF CASE:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>We report a case of a twin with an internal hernia through a defect in the ileal mesentery who presented with neonatal bowel obstruction. The patient had a microcolon on the contrast enema suggesting that the likely etiology was an intra-uterine event most likely a vascular accident that prevented satisfactory meconium passage into the colon.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>DISCUSSION:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>An internal hernia is rarely considered in the differential diagnosis of distal bowel obstruction in a neonate with a microcolon. Congenital trans-mesenteric hernias constitute only 5\u201310% of internal hernias. True diagnosis of trans-mesenteric hernias is difficult due to lack of specific radiology or laboratory findings to confirm the suspicion.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>CONCLUSION:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>When clinical and radiological findings are not classical, rare possibilities such as an internal hernia must be considered in the differential diagnosis, to avoid catastrophic bowel loss.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1016\/j.ijscr.2011.12.006","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2011,12,29]],"date-time":"2011-12-29T23:41:11Z","timestamp":1325202071000},"page":"121-123","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1097\/lww.0000000000001000","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":32,"title":["Congenital mesenteric defect"],"prefix":"10.1097","volume":"3","author":[{"given":"Michele","family":"Malit","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Sathyaprasad","family":"Burjonrappa","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"276","reference":[{"key":"R1-8-20260114","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"174","DOI":"10.1016\/S0887-2171(02)90003-X","article-title":"Internal hernia: an increasingly common cause of small bowel obstruction","volume":"23","author":"Blachar","year":"2002","journal-title":"Semin Ultrasound CT MRI"},{"key":"R2-8-20260114","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"393","DOI":"10.1016\/S0039-6109(16)43293-7","article-title":"Internal abdominal hernias","volume":"64","author":"Ghahremani","year":"1984","journal-title":"Surg Clin North Am"},{"key":"R4-8-20260114","first-page":"358","article-title":"Internal abdominal hernias in childhood","volume":"25","author":"Weber","year":"1997","journal-title":"J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr"},{"key":"R5-8-20260114","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1045","DOI":"10.1007\/s00431-006-0377-8","article-title":"Congenital mesenteric hernia causing intestinal obstruction in children","volume":"166","author":"Ming","year":"2007","journal-title":"Eur J Pediatr"},{"key":"R6-8-20260114","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"205","DOI":"10.1007\/BF02797804","article-title":"Embryonal origin of lacunae in mesenteric tissue; the pathologic changes resulting therefrom","volume":"158","author":"Federschmidt","year":"1920","journal-title":"Deutsche Ztschr F Chir"},{"key":"R7-8-20260114","first-page":"321","article-title":"Les hernies dites trans-mesocoliques; mesocolon transverse","volume":"43","author":"Menegaux","year":"1934","journal-title":"J Chir"},{"key":"R8-8-20260114","first-page":"311","article-title":"Internal hernias in infancy and childhood","volume":"55","author":"Murphy","year":"1964","journal-title":"Surgery"},{"key":"R9-8-20260114","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"239","DOI":"10.2214\/ajr.146.2.239","article-title":"Microcolon of prematurirty: a form of functional obstruction","volume":"146","author":"Amodio","year":"1986","journal-title":"Am J Roentgenol"},{"key":"R10-8-20260114","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"68","DOI":"10.1148\/radiology.218.1.r01ja5368","article-title":"Internal hernia: clinical and imaging findings in 17 patients with emphasis on CT criteria","volume":"218","author":"Blachar","year":"2001","journal-title":"Radiology"},{"key":"R11-8-20260114","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"198","DOI":"10.1016\/0022-3468(69)90391-1","article-title":"Internal hernia into Treves\u2019 Field Pouch. 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