Cecal Volvulus a Rare Cause of Intestinal Obstruction. A Case Report

Cecal volvulus (CV) is a rare cause of acute intestinal obstruction caused by torsion or twisting of a mobile cecum and ascending colon. Early diagnosis and management are essential to prevent serious complications such as bowel gangrene, cecal perforation, and generalized peritonitis. We report a c...

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Autores principales: Mohamed, Abbas A, Alharbi, Mohammed, Alrashidi, Ibrahim, Mohamed, Sarah
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2022
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Emergency Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9676074/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36415397
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.30560
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description Cecal volvulus (CV) is a rare cause of acute intestinal obstruction caused by torsion or twisting of a mobile cecum and ascending colon. Early diagnosis and management are essential to prevent serious complications such as bowel gangrene, cecal perforation, and generalized peritonitis. We report a case of cecal volvulus with impending cecal perforation.
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spelling pubmed-96760742022-11-21 Cecal Volvulus a Rare Cause of Intestinal Obstruction. A Case Report Mohamed, Abbas A Alharbi, Mohammed Alrashidi, Ibrahim Mohamed, Sarah Cureus Emergency Medicine Cecal volvulus (CV) is a rare cause of acute intestinal obstruction caused by torsion or twisting of a mobile cecum and ascending colon. Early diagnosis and management are essential to prevent serious complications such as bowel gangrene, cecal perforation, and generalized peritonitis. We report a case of cecal volvulus with impending cecal perforation. Cureus 2022-10-21 /pmc/articles/PMC9676074/ /pubmed/36415397 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.30560 Text en Copyright © 2022, Mohamed et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/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 author and source are credited.
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Mohamed, Abbas A
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Cecal Volvulus a Rare Cause of Intestinal Obstruction. A Case Report
title Cecal Volvulus a Rare Cause of Intestinal Obstruction. A Case Report
title_full Cecal Volvulus a Rare Cause of Intestinal Obstruction. A Case Report
title_fullStr Cecal Volvulus a Rare Cause of Intestinal Obstruction. A Case Report
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title_short Cecal Volvulus a Rare Cause of Intestinal Obstruction. A Case Report
title_sort cecal volvulus a rare cause of intestinal obstruction. a case report
topic Emergency Medicine
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9676074/
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