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  • Title: Large bowel volvulus in children. Review of a case material and the literature.
    Author: Andersen JF, Eklöf O, Thomasson B.
    Journal: Pediatr Radiol; 1981; 11(3):129-38. PubMed ID: 7322651.
    Abstract:
    Four pediatric patients with volvulus of the right colon, and three others with twisting of the sigmoid colon are reported. The clinical manifestations, mainly pain, were vague. Radiological plain film findings were occasionally characteristic, but were in the majority of cases equivocal. An active radiological approach including a supplementary barium enema in any patient with inconclusive plain abdominal roentgenograms will, in addition to other unexpected diagnoses, reveal rare cases of large bowel volvulus. Elective surgical procedures, carried out on viable bowel do not necessarily provide advantages over a non-operative approach. In addition spontaneous reduction of the volvulus may result in permanent cure.
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