Non-Operatively Managed Primary Small Bowel Volvulus: A Case Report

Small Bowel Volvulus: A Case Report

Small bowel volvulus is a rare clinical entity which presents as recurrent intermittent abdominal pain after consumption of food. Although the entity is well described in the literature, diagnosis is often difficult due to its clinical presentation being similar to mesenteric ischemia. Herein we present the case of a 44-year-old male who presented to us with this condition.

small bowel volvulus in a primigravida woman: case report

volvulus of the small bowel, although being rare, carries a high risk of strangulation and ischemic necrosis. preoperative diagnosis is difficult and may be complicated by pregnancy, labor and the post-cesarean-section state. delay in diagnosis and surgical intervention increases morbidity and mortality rates. we present a 20- year- old primigravida woman (ga=10 weeks) with massive intestinal n...

Practical Lessons from the Small Bowel Bleeding Lesions: A Case Report on Small Bowel Cavernous Hemangioma

“Whirl Sign” of Primary Small Bowel Volvulus

Supervising Section Editor: Sean O. Henderson, MD Submission history: Submitted January 12, 2014; Revision received January 21, 2014; Accepted April 2, 2014 Electronically published May 12, 2014 Full text available through open access at http://escholarship.org/uc/uciem_westjem DOI: 10.5811/westjem.2014.4.20679 [West J Emerg Med. 2014;15(4):359–360.] University of the Ryukyus, Department of Inf...

Small bowel perforation secondary to fish bone ingestion managed non-operatively.

BACKGROUND The presurgical diagnosis of foreign body (FB)-induced bowel perforation is exceedingly difficult. Perforation most commonly occurs in the ileocecal region and typically mimics diagnoses more common to the right lower quadrant (RLQ), including appendicitis and diverticulitis. OBJECTIVES This report will discuss the events of this particular case of fish bone ingestion and subsequen...