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Gut, 1960 Three cases of volvulus of the caecum are presented and their symptoms and treatment are discussed. It is suggested that this condition may be commoner than is thought and would be diagnosed more frequently if considered in the differential diagnosis.
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Role of Gastrografin Contrast Study in Intestinal Obstruction [PDF]
International Journal of Anatomy Radiology and Surgery, 2017 Introduction: Intestinal obstruction is complete or partial blockage of intestinal tract. The main causes for the obstruction are either mechanical such as adhesions, inflammation, tumours, volvulus, and hernia or nonmechanical such as paralytic ...
Rachan Lal Singla +4 more
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American Journal of Perinatology Reports, 2013 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.
Esohe Ohuoba +3 more
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Case Report: Splenic Ischemia Induced by Volvulus of Ileum
Frontiers in Surgery, 2022 A 31-year-old female patient was admitted to the emergency department with signs and symptoms of acute abdomen. Urgent CT scan was performed and small bowel volvulus, with whirlpool sign, was noted and torsion of the spleen was also involved too.
Mauro Sergi +3 more
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Journal of Visceral Surgery, 2012 Gallbladder volvulus is a rare condition caused by torsion of the cholecystic pedicle and is favored by a long or nonexistent cholecystic mesentery. Gallbladder torsion presents clinically as gangrenous cholecystitis. Emergency cholecystectomy is the standard treatment.
M, Chalret du Rieu, N, Carrère
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Gallbladder Volvulus: An Uncommon Twist in Biliary Pathology
, 2021 Gallbladder volvulus (GBV) is an extremely rare disease, which presents similarly to acute cholecystitis. It has an incidence of less than 0.1% among urgent cholecystectomies and one in 356,000 hospital admissions.
Ng, Jessica Y, Chin, Xinlin
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Phylogenetic relationships of the Wolbachia of nematodes and arthropods [PDF]
, 2006 Wolbachia are well known as bacterial symbionts of arthropods, where they are reproductive parasites, but have also been described from nematode hosts, where the symbiotic interaction has features of mutualism.
Katelyn Fenn +13 more
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Infantile Feeding Difficulties
Global Pediatric Health, 2014 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 ...
Laura C. McCarthy DO +3 more
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Caecal volvulus: A report of three paediatrics cases
African Journal of Paediatric Surgery, 2023 Caecal volvulus is favoured by the lack of caecal adhesion and intestinal malrotation. According to the per operation findings, the treatment consists of a de-rotation with or without cecopexy.
Benmassaoud Zineb +5 more
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Subacute gastric volvulus: A report of two cases with review of literature
Nigerian Journal of Surgery, 2017 Gastric volvulus is a rare medical entity that requires high index of suspicion for diagnosis and treatment as it has different implications in terms of clinical presentation, diagnosis, imaging support, pathological behavior, and evaluation.
Adarshpal Kaur +3 more
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