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  • Title: [Volvulus of the cecum. A case report].
    Author: Chaib E, Henrique C, Toniolo M, Onófrio PL, Nahas P, de Mello JB.
    Journal: Arq Gastroenterol; 1989; 26(1-2):25-7. PubMed ID: 2604586.
    Abstract:
    The authors present one case of intestinal obstruction by volvulus of the cecum. The patient had abdominal pain for 4 days. This pain was colicky in nature and of greatest in density in the left iliac fossa. He was nauseated, had anorexia, and had been vomiting. Abdominal distension was present. Plain-roentgenogram of the abdomen showed an enormously distended gas-filled intestinal loop in the upper abdomen just to the left of midline. At surgery there was volvulus of the cecum located in the upper abdomen to the left of midline. The cecum was viable and was relocated in the right lower quadrant and secured to the antero-lateral abdominal wall (cecopexy). The patient made a good postoperative recovery.
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