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Query: UMLS:C0042961 (
volvulus
)
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document(s) hit in 31,850,051 MEDLINE articles (0.00 seconds)
A case of transverse colon
volvulus
is reported, bringing the total number of collected cases in the English language medical literature to 45. Although this type of
volvulus
is rare, a definite pattern can be appreciated. Patients tend to be young, female, and give a history of chronic or recurrent difficulty in having bowel movements. A triad of underlying factors predisposes to the development of the
volvulus
: a distal impediment (either organic or
functional)
to the evacuation of the bowel, a redundant bowel and mesocolon and a fixed point around which the bowel can twist. The best treatment is resection with either anastomosis or exteriorization, depending on bowel viability.
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PMID:Volvulus of the transverse colon: report of case and review of the literature. 52 37
