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Caecal volvulus

Modality: X-ray

Caecal volvulus

From the case:

Caecal volvulus - “64 year old man presented with acute abdominal pain. His abdomen was tender, with guarding.Initial AXR revealed massive dilatation of bowel loops a...”

Used in the following articles:

  • Small bowel obstruction - “Small bowel obstruction (SBO) accounts for 80% all mechanical intestinal obstruction; the remaining 20% result from large bowel obstruction. It has...”
  • Caecal volvulus - “Caecal volvulus describes torsion of the bowel around its own mesentery which often results in obstruction. It accounts for 11% of all intestinal v...”

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