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Acute gastric volvulus: case report and review of the literature

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 May 2015

William E. Sevcik  and
Ivan P. Steiner
William E. Sevcik*
Affiliation:
Division of Emergency Medicine
Ivan P. Steiner
Affiliation:
Department of Family Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta
*
1G1.64 WMC Health Sciences Centre, 8440 112 St., Edmonton AB T6G 2B7

Abstract:

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Gastric volvulus is a rare but potentially life-threatening cause of upper gastrointestinal obstruction. Emergency physicians must maintain a high index of suspicion in patients who present with signs and symptoms suggesting foregut occlusion. We report an illustrative case and review the pathogenesis, classification, diagnosis and treatment of this rare entity.

Keywords

volvulusabdominal painupper gastrointestinal obstructionsurgical emergency
Type
Case Reports • Observations
Information
Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine , Volume 1 , Issue 3 , October 1999 , pp. 200 - 203
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians 1999

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