Small bowel mesenteric volvulus when compared with mesocolonic volvulus, have not high incidence. Two autopsy cases of small bowel mesenteric volvulus in infants, highlighting the importance of a suspicion in early recognition of this rare but potentially fatal intra-abdominal emergency are reported. We also review the literature on possible aetiologies and mechanism of small bowel mesenteric v...

Background. Gastric volvulus refers to a torsion of all or part of the stomach that may cause an obstruction of the foregut. The clinical symptoms of gastric volvulus range from asymptomatic to life-threatening and thus must be rapidly diagnosed. However, the presenting symptoms of gastric volvulus vary widely, which may cause diagnosis to be delayed or missed. Objective. Describe varying prese...

Gastric volvulus has been reported in all age groups; however, it is typically diagnosed in the elderly. Organo-axial volvulus is the most common type, followed by the mesentero-axial and the combined types. Depending on the etiology, gastric volvulus can also be classified as primary (idiopathic) or secondary. Treatment of acute gastric volvulus involves laparoscopic or endoscopic procedures/m...

Volvulus is a frequent condition in patients presenting in the emergency department (ED) with abdominal pain. While cecal volvulus occurs more often in young patients, sigmoid volvulus is more common in elderly patients.

Volvulus is possible in any portion of the intestinal tract from the stomach to the sigmoid colon. Thus volvulus of the stomach, due to gastroptosis, an hour-glass contraction or certain kinds of injury, although extremely rare, is known. Volvulus of Meckel's diverticulum when it is persistent is recorded. Similarly volvulus of the small intestines, the ileo-csGcal junction or even of the csecu...

Cecal volvulus is characterized by torsion of the cecum around its own mesentery. However, cecal volvulus rarely develops soon after elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy. We report on a case of cecal volvulus that developed in a 54-year-old women 1 day after elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy and was successfully treated via colonoscopic decompression. The symptoms gradually improved in con...

Intestinal volvulus without malrotation is a rare disease that causes volvulus of the small intestine despite normal intestinal rotation and fixation. We encountered a neonate with this disease who developed early jaundice and was suspected to have a fetal onset. This patient was characterized by early jaundice complicating intestinal volvulus without malrotation and is considered to have exhib...

Mesenteric volvulus was diagnosed in 12 dogs over a nine-year period. Each case was presented with abdominal distension and shock. Haematochezia, which is frequently reported in association with mesenteric volvulus, was present in only two of the dogs. The diagnosis, which in all cases was based on radiography, was followed by immediate treatment for shock and surgical intervention whenever pos...

Transverse colon (T-Colon) volvulus is a uncommon and first reported by kallu in 1917 [1] and till now 70 paper published till now to our knowledge as per PubMed search. The incidence of colonic volvulus is 3-5 % and T-colon volvulus represents 3-4% out of it [2]. Few of the papers published were in pediatric but it is more common in adult [2-4]. The mortality rates are three time more common i...

Fetal intestinal volvulus is a rare life-threatening condition. Late diagnosis of volvulus contributes to high rate of morbidity and mortality. It has variable degrees of presentation and survival. Intrauterine volvulus may be complicated by intestinal atresia due to ischemic necrosis. To our knowledge, there are three reported cases of term fetal demise. We report a case of fetal intestinal vo...