Abdominal pain and intestinal malrotation in adults
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Abdominal pain and intestinal malrotation in adults.
A 29-year-old male presented symptoms of pain in the upper abdomen accompanied by vomiting. Of relevance in his medical history, the patient reported episodes of recurrent chronic abdominal pain and vomiting. An abdominal CAT-scan was performed (Fig. 1) which showed an anomalous arrangement of the bowel loops located in the upper abdomen. It also revealed a horseshoe-kidney and signs of bowel o...
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عنوان ژورنال: Revista Española de Enfermedades Digestivas
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1130-0108
DOI: 10.4321/s1130-01082013000200008