October 13th, 2009. 1  Has anyone looked into the ph balance connection - ie. we are all probably very acidic (around 4 or 5) on the ph scale rather than what is considered normal (7). According to the books I've read on the subject, dark, green, leafy vegetables seem to be the only way to get alkaline again.
Pathophysiology. Intestinal malrotation occurs due to disruption of the normal embryologic development of the bowel. Understanding of normal abdominal development aids in the understanding of the etiology of the clinical findings seen with malrotation. The alimentary tract develops from the embryologic foregut, midgut, and hindgut.
A mechanical obstruction in the large bowel is most often caused by a malignant tumour (they also occur in the small bowel but only very rarely) with the risk of obstruction increasing the further along the bowel the tumour is sited. Volvulus can also occur in the large bowel, most often in the sigmoid colon.