Volvulus
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A volvulus is when a loop of intestine twists around itself and the mesentery that supports it, resulting in a bowel obstruction.[1] Symptoms include abdominal pain, abdominal bloating, vomiting, constipation, and bloody stool. This causes the blood flow to part of the intestine is cut off.
Volvulus Media
- Sigmavolvulus - Coffee-bean-sign - LSL.jpg
Coffee bean sign in a person with sigmoid volvulus
- CT of small bowel volvulus (annotated).jpg
CT scan of a small bowel volvulus. It shows two juxtaposed segments of narrowing, which is the spot of mesentery rotation. The other signs indicate strangulation.
- Voluculus.PNG
An x-ray of a person with a small bowel volvulus.
- CecalVolvulusXray.png
Plain X ray of a cecal volvulus
- CecalVolvulus.png
CT scan of a cecal volvulus
References
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