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A completely necrotic duodenum in a 26-year-old man due to acute afferent loop obstruction was reported. A total duodenectomy with an implantation of the papilla of Vater into the Roux-en-Y jejunal limb was carried out. The Gastrographin meal study was useful in establishing the diagnosis.
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Mori, H., Saito, M. Acute afferent loop syndrome with necrosis of the duodenum salvaged by total duodenectomy. The Japanese Journal of Surgery 11, 105–107 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02468878
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02468878