vitellointestinal
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English
Etymology
From vitello- + intestinal.
Pronunciation
Adjective
vitellointestinal (not comparable)
- Of or pertaining to both the yolk sac and the intestine, as (usually, more specifically) relating to the vitelline duct (that is, the vitellointestinal duct or yolk stalk), a passage between the yolk sac and midgut that usually disappears during embryonic development but sometimes persists congenitally as a diverticulum or fistula.
- 2013 July 10, Ramnik V Patel et al., “Neonatal prolapsed patent vitellointestinal duct”, in BMJ Case Reports, volume 2013, :
- Persistence of the vitellointestinal duct as a whole or part of it leads to a wide variety of anomalies–Meckel's diverticulum is the commonest lesion and a PVID is the rarest.
- 1967, RM Davis, RW Kehm, “Omphalocele with patent vitellointestinal duct and ileal prolapse”, in Am J Surg, volume 113, number 4, →PMID, pages 571–573:
- A successful repair of patent vitellointestinal duct and prolapse of the small bowel has been presented. Only with a surgical approach to cutaneous duct remnants can a physician be certain to exclude a patent vitellointestinal duct, Meckel's diverticulum, or potential obstructing band.