The incidence of intestinal volvulus gleaned from the world's medical literature spread over the past seven decades supports the contention that this bowel disorder has distinct geographical predilections. Sigmoid volvulus, invariably superimposed upon a redundancy of this part of the bowel, probably results from a functional disturbance of the colon mediated perhaps by a high-residue vegetable...

Wandering spleen is a rare condition, characterized by a mobile spleen that is attached only by an elongated vascular pedicle, allowing it to migrate to any part of the abdomen or pelvis. Mesenteroaxial gastric volvulus usually occurs in children and may be associated with wandering spleen. Both entities result from abnormal laxity or absence of the peritoneal attachments due to abnormal fusion...

background: acute obstruction of the colon continues to be a lethal disease with little improvement in the mortality rate over the past 50 years. so, this study was undertaken to define the causes of colon obstruction and their probable changes after years. â  methods: from 1979 to 2004, all records of patients with definite diagnosis of intestinal obstruction at all hospitals affiliated to shi...

Background Sigmoid volvulus (SV) in pregnancy is a very rare entity, which can be associated with extremely high rates of mortality and morbidity for both mother and fetus. Care Report A 22-year-old female patient with a first pregnancy with a gestational age of 27 weeks was referred to the Omolbanin hospital, Mashhad, Iran, ...

An 89-year-old woman presented to our emergency department (ED) with a 4-day history of abdominal pain and vomiting. The physical exam revealed hypotension and a distended abdomen with generalized tenderness. Laboratory studies revealed hyperkalemia and elevated creatinine, lactate, and troponin. Given her hemodynamic instability, an emergent noncontrast abdominal computed tomography (CT) was o...