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Abdominal pain with a twist: a rare presentation of acute gastric volvulus
Acute gastric volvulus is a life threatening condition requiring early diagnosis and aggressive management. Diagnosis of gastric volvulus remains a challenge for clinicians due to variable, non-specific clinical presentation, which requires a high level of suspicion. It should be considered in patie...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5676972/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29147478 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20009666.2017.1379853 |
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author | Chen, David P. Walayat, Saqib Balouch, Imran L. Martin, Daniel K. Lynch, Teresa J. |
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description | Acute gastric volvulus is a life threatening condition requiring early diagnosis and aggressive management. Diagnosis of gastric volvulus remains a challenge for clinicians due to variable, non-specific clinical presentation, which requires a high level of suspicion. It should be considered in patients presenting with chest pain and/or epigastric pain, especially in the elderly population. Endoscopic de-rotation could be initially attempted as a therapeutic modality especially in patients who cannot undergo surgery. However, surgery remains the main stay of treatment. Delay in diagnosis can lead to complications like mucosal ischemia, necrosis or perforation, shock, which substantially increase the morbidity and mortality. |
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spelling | pubmed-56769722017-11-16 Abdominal pain with a twist: a rare presentation of acute gastric volvulus Chen, David P. Walayat, Saqib Balouch, Imran L. Martin, Daniel K. Lynch, Teresa J. J Community Hosp Intern Med Perspect Case Reports Acute gastric volvulus is a life threatening condition requiring early diagnosis and aggressive management. Diagnosis of gastric volvulus remains a challenge for clinicians due to variable, non-specific clinical presentation, which requires a high level of suspicion. It should be considered in patients presenting with chest pain and/or epigastric pain, especially in the elderly population. Endoscopic de-rotation could be initially attempted as a therapeutic modality especially in patients who cannot undergo surgery. However, surgery remains the main stay of treatment. Delay in diagnosis can lead to complications like mucosal ischemia, necrosis or perforation, shock, which substantially increase the morbidity and mortality. Taylor & Francis 2017-10-18 /pmc/articles/PMC5676972/ /pubmed/29147478 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20009666.2017.1379853 Text en © 2017 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Case Reports Chen, David P. Walayat, Saqib Balouch, Imran L. Martin, Daniel K. Lynch, Teresa J. Abdominal pain with a twist: a rare presentation of acute gastric volvulus |
title | Abdominal pain with a twist: a rare presentation of acute gastric volvulus |
title_full | Abdominal pain with a twist: a rare presentation of acute gastric volvulus |
title_fullStr | Abdominal pain with a twist: a rare presentation of acute gastric volvulus |
title_full_unstemmed | Abdominal pain with a twist: a rare presentation of acute gastric volvulus |
title_short | Abdominal pain with a twist: a rare presentation of acute gastric volvulus |
title_sort | abdominal pain with a twist: a rare presentation of acute gastric volvulus |
topic | Case Reports |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5676972/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29147478 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20009666.2017.1379853 |
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