| Literature DB >> 26943373 |
Kota Arima1,2, Daisuke Hashimoto3, Noboru Takata4, Yasuro Doi5, Ichiro Yoshinaka6, Kazunori Harada7, Hideo Baba8.
Abstract
Acute gastric volvulus is a torsion of the stomach by more than 180° and a life-threatening condition. We present a 50-year-old male patient with acute abdominal pain who has Down syndrome/trisomy 21. Computed tomography showed a significant distended stomach with features of a severe gastric volvulus. Emergency operation in form of reduction and gastropexy was performed. We are not aware of any similar cases published in the English literature, where as gastric volvulus occurred in a patient with Down syndrome.Entities:
Keywords: Down syndrome; Emergency operation; Gastric volvulus
Year: 2015 PMID: 26943373 PMCID: PMC4747932 DOI: 10.1186/s40792-014-0005-1
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Surg Case Rep ISSN: 2198-7793