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  • Title: Childhood sigmoid volvulus.
    Author: Seger DL, Middleton D.
    Journal: Ann Emerg Med; 1984 Feb; 13(2):133-5. PubMed ID: 6691616.
    Abstract:
    A 14-year-old boy presented to the emergency department with abdominal pain. Flat and upright abdominal films and a barium enema revealed the classic findings of sigmoid volvulus. Sigmoidoscopy allowed a soft rubber tube to be passed beyond the obstruction with immediate relief of pain. The patient subsequently underwent a descending sigmoid colectomy. Sigmoid volvulus is a rare entity in childhood. Case discussion and review of the literature is presented.
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