Caecal volvulus in an adolescent African male: A case report and brief review of the literature

Caecal volvulus is an infrequent clinical condition caused by an axial twist of ascending colon, caecum and terminal ileum around the mesenteric pedicle. This article presents the case of a 16-year old African male from Kenya who presented to the emergency department with acute onset right sided low...

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Autores principales: Mwita, Clifford, Muthoka, Johnstone, Kanina, Powell, Mulingwa, Phillip
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The African Field Epidemiology Network 2014
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4247739/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25452837
http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2014.17.92.3946
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description Caecal volvulus is an infrequent clinical condition caused by an axial twist of ascending colon, caecum and terminal ileum around the mesenteric pedicle. This article presents the case of a 16-year old African male from Kenya who presented to the emergency department with acute onset right sided lower abdominal pain diagnosed intra-operatively as caecal volvulus. The rare nature of the condition, the need for a high index of suspicion and surgical management are highlighted.
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spelling pubmed-42477392014-12-01 Caecal volvulus in an adolescent African male: A case report and brief review of the literature Mwita, Clifford Muthoka, Johnstone Kanina, Powell Mulingwa, Phillip Pan Afr Med J Case Report Caecal volvulus is an infrequent clinical condition caused by an axial twist of ascending colon, caecum and terminal ileum around the mesenteric pedicle. This article presents the case of a 16-year old African male from Kenya who presented to the emergency department with acute onset right sided lower abdominal pain diagnosed intra-operatively as caecal volvulus. The rare nature of the condition, the need for a high index of suspicion and surgical management are highlighted. The African Field Epidemiology Network 2014-02-06 /pmc/articles/PMC4247739/ /pubmed/25452837 http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2014.17.92.3946 Text en © Clifford Mwita et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ The Pan African Medical Journal - ISSN 1937-8688. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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