Transverse colon volvulus in a patient with autism

Transverse colon volvulus is an extremely rare cause of bowel obstruction with approximately 100 cases reported in literature. Transverse colon volvulus presents with signs and symptoms of large bowel obstruction, but it can become a surgical emergency due to bowel infarction or peritonitis. We pres...

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Autores principales: Shah, Rony, Klumpp, Linda, Negron-Diaz, Juan, Carmain, Torr, Jordan, Jeffrey
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2020
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7479646/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32934786
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjaa284
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author Shah, Rony
Klumpp, Linda
Negron-Diaz, Juan
Carmain, Torr
Jordan, Jeffrey
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description Transverse colon volvulus is an extremely rare cause of bowel obstruction with approximately 100 cases reported in literature. Transverse colon volvulus presents with signs and symptoms of large bowel obstruction, but it can become a surgical emergency due to bowel infarction or peritonitis. We present a rare case of transverse colon volvulus in a 36-year-old male patient with severe autism. We hope this case report will raise awareness of this disease.
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spelling pubmed-74796462020-09-14 Transverse colon volvulus in a patient with autism Shah, Rony Klumpp, Linda Negron-Diaz, Juan Carmain, Torr Jordan, Jeffrey J Surg Case Rep Case Report Transverse colon volvulus is an extremely rare cause of bowel obstruction with approximately 100 cases reported in literature. Transverse colon volvulus presents with signs and symptoms of large bowel obstruction, but it can become a surgical emergency due to bowel infarction or peritonitis. We present a rare case of transverse colon volvulus in a 36-year-old male patient with severe autism. We hope this case report will raise awareness of this disease. Oxford University Press 2020-09-09 /pmc/articles/PMC7479646/ /pubmed/32934786 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjaa284 Text en Published by Oxford University Press and JSCR Publishing Ltd. All rights reserved. © The Author(s) 2020. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7479646/
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