A Symptomatic Coffee Bean: Acute Sigmoid Volvulus
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A Symptomatic Coffee Bean: Acute Sigmoid Volvulus
An acute sigmoid volvulus is due to the torsion of the sigmoid colon around its mesenteric axis. It mainly occurs in elderly patients and represents an abdominal emergency requiring urgent treatment. A 53-year-old male patient with severe craniocerebral injury and traumatic subarachnoidal bleeding 3 weeks prior presented on the ward with distended abdomen without abdominal pain, muscular defens...
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عنوان ژورنال: Case Reports in Gastroenterology
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1662-0631
DOI: 10.1159/000475918