%0 Journal Article %T Descending colon interposition in a patient presenting with abdominal pain and acute appendicitis %A Eiref SD %A Holekamp S %A Winestone M %A Leitman IM %J International Journal of Anatomical Variations %D 2010 %I International Journal of Anatomical Variations %X Interposition of the descending colon between the kidney and the psoas major muscle is a rare hindgut anatomic variant. Presented herein is a case of descending colon interposition in a patient admitted with abdominal pain and acute appendicitis. Internal hernia was ruled out by laparoscopy. %K interposition %K descending colon %K appendicitis %K laparoscopy %K internal hernia %U http://www.ijav.org/2010/ijav_10_146-148.pdf