Anomalies of rotation and fixation of the intestine in combination with the Crohn’s disease and tumors of the thin and thick bowel. Clinical observation

Anomalies of the rotation and fixation of the intestine is one of the congenital defects of the position of the intestine in the abdominal cavity due to incomplete or improper rotation, it belongs to the group of intestinal development disorders, that can occur at any stage of intestinal tube formation. Anomalies of the position of the colon are often accompanied by functional disorders, could be the reason of complications and the occurrence of inflammatory diseases and tumor processes. Nonspecificity or lack of symptoms greatly complicate clinical and instrumental diagnosis. Clinical observations demonstrate the combination of abnormalities of rotation and fixation of the intestine with non-specific inflammatory and tumor diseases, primarily detected by computed tomography using various techniques for contrasting the lumen of the small and large intestine. The issues of clinical manifestations and the main radiological signs characteristic of Crohn's disease, tumor lesions of the small and large intestine are considered.

anomaly of intestine, Crohn's disease, intestinal tumors, computed tomography