1. Cecal Volvulus Resolved Spontaneously
- Author
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Yuki Sodani, Kazuhiro Niwa, Yoshio Kato, Shin Maeda, Takafumi Yanagibashi, Koichiro Yoshie, Megumi Tsukamoto, and Yosuke Kunishi
- Subjects
medicine.medical_specialty ,Cecal volvulus ,Computed tomography ,Case Report ,conservative treatment ,030204 cardiovascular system & hematology ,bowel dilatation ,digestive system ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Lower abdominal pain ,Rare case ,parasitic diseases ,Internal Medicine ,medicine ,Cecal Diseases ,Humans ,Elective surgery ,Nonoperative management ,skin and connective tissue diseases ,spontaneous ,mobile cecum syndrome ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,integumentary system ,business.industry ,General Medicine ,Middle Aged ,medicine.disease ,digestive system diseases ,Surgery ,Abdominal Pain ,Bowel obstruction ,Colonic obstruction ,030211 gastroenterology & hepatology ,Female ,cecal volvulus ,business ,Tomography, X-Ray Computed ,Intestinal Obstruction ,Intestinal Volvulus - Abstract
Cecal volvulus is an uncommon cause of colonic obstruction. First-line treatment for cecal volvulus is surgery, as nonoperative management is rarely achievable. We herein report an extremely rare case of a patient with spontaneously resolved cecal volvulus; no recurrence occurred without elective surgery. A 47-year-old woman presented with acute lower abdominal pain. She was misdiagnosed with small bowel obstruction and treated conservatively. A few hours later, she was correctly diagnosed with cecal volvulus. Subsequently, her symptoms and computed tomography findings of cecal volvulus completely disappeared. She refused elective surgery, but no recurrence occurred during five months of follow-up.
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- 2020