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Congenital duodenal obstruction due to duodenal atresia along with annular pancreas, intestinal malrotation and preduodenal portal vein.
Summary: Imagine a newborn baby facing a "perfect storm" of digestive blockages before taking their first breath. Doctors spotted a warning sign called a "double bubble" on the mother’s ultrasound, indicating the baby’s stomach and intestine were blocked. After an emergency delivery at 35 weeks, surgeons discovered a rare, complex puzzle: the intestine was disconnected (atresia), the pancreas had wrapped itself around the intestine like a ring (annular pancreas), the bowels were twisted (malrotation), and a major blood vein was in the wrong place (preduodenal portal vein). Despite this anatomical traffic jam, surgeons successfully performed two specific repairs—Ladd’s procedure to untwist the bowel and Kimura’s technique to bypass the blockage—restoring the baby’s plumbing to working order.