Presentation
To rule out intestinal obstruction.
Patient Data
Age: 17 years
Gender: Female
From the case:
Sigmoid volvulus
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The large bowel appears diffusely dilated and measures about 9 cm in maximum diameter at the sigmoid colon with evidence of twisted mesenteric vessels giving whirl sign seen at the left lower abdomen, surrounding multiple subcentimetric in short axis mesenteric lymph nodes, with gas still seen in the rectum, representing sigmoid volvulus, for surgical correlation.
Case Discussion
The sigmoid colon twisting on the sigmoid mesocolon causing obstruction.
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