[Intra-abdominal ligament remnants of the vitelline duct and vessels].

Intraabdominal bands of the vitelline vessels and vitelline duct are discovered as a congenital disturbance any time in life. In more than 75% they cause an acute abdominal disease. In this paper we discuss the cause and the clinical picture in 19 children seen in our department together with 83 cases from the literature. In 70% of the cases we find remnants of the right and left vitelline artery, in a third remnants of the vitelline vein and vitelline duct. The characteristic course is the acute strangulation of the intestine with gangrene of the bowel and endotoxine shock. The best treatment in every case is the operation as soon as possible.