Sigmoid volvulus can lead to life-threatening complications. We report a splenic capsule avulsion injury requiring laparotomy as complication of sigmoid volvulus. A 73-year-old woman was admitted with abdominal distension, rigidity, and tenderness. CT abdomen revealed hemoperitoneum along possible The patient required an emergent exploratory due acute hemodynamic instability. left colectomy, on...

BACKGROUND Onchocerciasis has been implicated in the pathogenesis of epilepsy. The debate on a potential causal relationship between Onchocerca volvulus and epilepsy has taken a new direction in the light of the most recent epidemic of nodding syndrome. OBJECTIVE To document MRI changes in people with different types of epilepsy and investigate whether there is an association with O. volvulus...

Purpose: Right sided intestinal volvulus is considerably rare and requires high clinical suspicion in diagnosis and prompt surgical intervention. Several surgical procedures have been employed for the treatment of this condition, and there is no wide agreement on the most appropriate technique. The aim of this study is describe our experience with volvulus of the cecum and the outcome of differ...

Introduction: In the United States, sigmoid volvulus is frequently seen in the elderly and neurologically impaired, driving a search for less invasive but effective treatments that may obviate the need for resection. This case study describes a novel technique for sigmoidopexy: a modified endoscopic approach for percutaneous endoscopic colostomy (PEC) tube placement in combination with laparosc...

BACKGROUND Acute gastric volvulus is a surgical emergency that requires early recognition and treatment. Acute idiopathic mesenteroaxial gastric volvulus is a rare sub-type and there are few cases reported in children and there are even fewer reports in adults. CASE REPORT We report a rare case of a 23-year-old man who presented with a 1-day history of vomiting, epigastric pain, distention, a...

The isolation of recombinant cDNA clones expressing antigens found in Onchocerca volvulus infective larvae is described. To isolate such clones, an expression cDNA library constructed from adult 0. volvulus RNA was screened with antiserum raised against infective larvae. One clone, designated XRAL-1 was characterized further. The recombinant antigen produced by XRAL-1 stimulates proliferation o...

Cecal volvulus is a quite rare pathologic condition and therefore sometimes misdiagnosed, but is indeed more common than thought. It occurs with aspecific acute onset abdominal pain associated to nausea and vomiting, so that it often poses a diagnostic challenge for the clinician who needs radiological consultation for further evaluation. As cecal volvulus represents a cause of intestinal obstr...

BACKGROUND Cecal volvulus is an uncommon cause of acute abdomen in patients. Cecal volvulus is currently treated mostly with right hemicolectomy with laparotomy, which is an invasive surgical procedure. Less invasive techniques, such as endoscopic decompression, have a poor success rate. CASE PRESENTATION We report a case of cecal volvulus in a 35-year-old male patient. He was successfully tr...

A 46-year-old woman presented to two emergency departments within 12 hours because of acute abdominal pain. Physical exam demonstrated tenderness and epigastric guarding. An ultrasound was interpreted as negative; she was discharged home. Later that evening, she was found dead. Postmortem exam revealed acute hemorrhagic necrosis of a segment of jejunum secondary to volvulus. Clinical clues sugg...

CONTEXT Wandering spleen is a rare medical entity in which the spleen is orphaned of its usual peritoneal attachments and thus assumes an ever wandering and hypermobile state. This laxity of attachments may even cause torsion of the splenic pedicle. Both gastric volvulus and wandering spleen share a common embryology owing to maldevelopment of the dorsal mesentery. Gastric volvulus complicating...