Small Bowel Volvulus in Adults: A case report
Journal of the Korean Society of Emergency Medicine
;
: 373-376, 2002.
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em Coreano
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ABSTRACT
Small bowel volvulus in adults is very rare and occasionally occurs due to congenital midgut malrotation. The most common cause of small bowel volvulus is adhesions (74%), and other causes are Crohn's disease (7%), neoplasia (5%), hernia (2%), radiation (1%), and miscellaneous (11%). Presenting symptoms may be acute or present periodically during a longer period of time with a condition that is intermittent or recurrent because of spontaneous detorsion of the volvulus. Diagnostic imaging studies are plain abdominal film, ultrasonography, abdominal CT, and angiography. Abdominal CT is the most accurate. The most frequent CT finding is "Whirlpool sign." Other findings are bowel-loop dilatation, bowel-wall thickening, beak signs, mesenteric alterations, and extraluminal fluid. The mortality rate associated with small bowel volvulus in adults is 10~67%. We report a case of small bowel volvulus in adults.
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Assunto principal:
Bico
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Diagnóstico por Imagem
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Angiografia
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Doença de Crohn
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Tomografia Computadorizada por Raios X
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Mortalidade
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Ultrassonografia
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Volvo Intestinal
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Dilatação
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Hérnia
Tipo de estudo:
Estudo diagnóstico
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Estudo prognóstico
Limite:
Animais
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Humanos
Idioma:
Coreano
Revista:
Journal of the Korean Society of Emergency Medicine
Ano de publicação:
2002
Tipo de documento:
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