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What does malrotation mean?

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Noun
  1. (medicine) An anomaly of rotation; aberrant movement of parts in a rotating fashion.
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Malrotation is a type of mechanical obstruction caused by abnormal development of the intestines while a fetus is in the mother's womb.
Misplacement of the duodenal jejunal junction could be due to displacement from the multiple dilated small bowel loops or a malrotation.
Another significant cause of failure is component malrotation.
We then correlated segmentation accuracy with malrotation features and atrophy.
Figure 3 Fivefold dilated ileal segment with malrotation.
Malrotation is also associated with other congenital anomalies such as diaphragmatic hernia, omphalocele and gastroschisis.

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