Presentation
Abdominal distension and pain
Patient Data
Age: 90 years
Gender: Male
From the case:
Cecal volvulus - atypical
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Grossly dilated and thick-walled cecum rotated up between the right hemidiaphragm and liver with collapsed distal colon
Case Discussion
Cecum on a mesentery usually twists upwards and to the left upper quadrant rather than the right upper quadrant as in this case and rarely beneath the right hemidiaphragm.