small bowel volvulus in a primigravida woman: 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.

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

Brief Case Report: Extended Small Bowel Volvulus Associated with Sigma Volvulus

Volvulus is a common surgical emergency and in most of the cases requires prompt diagnosis and treatment in order to evolve favorably. We present you a case of a 6year-old male with a massive volvulus involving a large portion of small bowel and sigma that did not evolve favorable. There are no prospective, randomized studies comparing treatment options and the most frequently raised questions ...

Segmental volvulus of small intestine: report of a case with an innovative method of surgery

  Absract   Intestinal malrotation is a general term used for any deviation from normal embryonic GI tract rotations. This abnormality, denotes a spectrum of conditions (non rotation, incomplete rotation) that according to the severity of anatomic consequence, can result in complications found in infancy, childhood, adolescence, adulthood or old age. This article, reports another case of intest...

Small Bowel Volvulus Induced by Mesenteric Lymphangioma in an Adult: a Case Report

Mesenteric lymphangiomas are rare abdominal masses that are seldom associated with small bowel volvulus, and especially in adult patients. We report here on an unusual case of small bowel volvulus that was induced by a mesenteric lymphangioma in a 43-year-old man who suffered from repeated bouts of abdominal pain. At multidetector CT, we noticed whirling of the cystic mesenteric mass and the ad...

Complicated Jejunal Diverticulosis: Small Bowel Volvulus with Obstruction

he incidence of the diverticulum of the small bowel varies from 0.2-1.3% in autopsy studies to 2.3% when assessed on enteroclysis. It occurs mostly in patients in the 6th decade of their life. Of all the small bowel diverticuli, jejunal diverticulum is the most common type. This rare entity is usually asymptomatic. However, they may cause chronic non-specific symptoms for a long period of time ...