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Large Bowel Occlusion: Clinical and Imaging Characteristics - Caecum Volvulus
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 PRE...
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Republic of Macedonia
2019
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6698115/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31456843 http://dx.doi.org/10.3889/oamjms.2019.555 |
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author | Coco, Danilo Leanza, Silvana |
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description | 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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spelling | pubmed-66981152019-08-27 Large Bowel Occlusion: Clinical and Imaging Characteristics - Caecum Volvulus Coco, Danilo Leanza, Silvana Open Access Maced J Med Sci Case Report 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. Republic of Macedonia 2019-07-12 /pmc/articles/PMC6698115/ /pubmed/31456843 http://dx.doi.org/10.3889/oamjms.2019.555 Text en Copyright: © 2019 Danilo Coco, Silvana Leanza. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/CC BY-NC/4.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0). |
spellingShingle | Case Report Coco, Danilo Leanza, Silvana Large Bowel Occlusion: Clinical and Imaging Characteristics - Caecum Volvulus |
title | Large Bowel Occlusion: Clinical and Imaging Characteristics - Caecum Volvulus |
title_full | Large Bowel Occlusion: Clinical and Imaging Characteristics - Caecum Volvulus |
title_fullStr | Large Bowel Occlusion: Clinical and Imaging Characteristics - Caecum Volvulus |
title_full_unstemmed | Large Bowel Occlusion: Clinical and Imaging Characteristics - Caecum Volvulus |
title_short | Large Bowel Occlusion: Clinical and Imaging Characteristics - Caecum Volvulus |
title_sort | large bowel occlusion: clinical and imaging characteristics - caecum volvulus |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6698115/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31456843 http://dx.doi.org/10.3889/oamjms.2019.555 |
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