Large Bowel Occlusion: Clinical and Imaging Characteristics - Caecum Volvulus
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https://doi.org/10.3889/oamjms.2019.555Keywords:
Caecum volvulus, Coffee beans, Beard beak, Whirl signAbstract
BACKGROUND: Caecum volvulus (CV) is defined as an axial twisting that causes an inversion position of the caecum, ascending colon and terminal ileum. This anatomical finding is responsible for some clinical features. Obstruction and strangulation are the most important and life-threatening.
CASE PRESENTATION: We are presenting a 50 years old woman presented to the hospital with sudden acute severe abdominal pain and distension of about 24 hours associated with vomiting and no flatus.
CONCLUSION: Mortality in patients with CV can be kept near 10%-12% if operative intervention is accomplished before caecum strangulation. Once the cecum has become gangrenous, a death rate of 30 to 40% can be expected. Tailored made surgery on patients status is the strategy.
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Copyright (c) 2019 Danilo Coco, Silvana Leanza (Author)
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