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Summary:

Description
  • Radiopaedia case ID: 12823
  • Image ID: 632289
  • Image stack position: 64/108
  • Plane projection: Axial
  • Aux modality: C+ portal venous phase
  • Study findings: There is dilated gas-filled bowel in the right upper quadrant. Bowel gas cannot be seen in the rest of the colon. The axial CT-slices clearly reveal a small bowel obstruction due to a cecal volvulus. Notice the classic "whirl sign".
  • Modality: CT
  • System: Gastrointestinal
  • Findings: The x-rays taken in the ED show a distended loop of large bowel with a liquid-air level between the right diaphragm and the liver. Furthermore they demonstrate some distended loops of the distal small bowel.
Date Published: 15th Jan 2011
Source https://radiopaedia.org/cases/caecal-volvulus-1
Author Jens Christian Fischer
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