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CASE REPORT
Year : 2014  |  Volume : 9  |  Issue : 2  |  Page : 85-86

Volvulus of the caecum


Department of Surgery, Abia State University Teaching Hospital, Aba, Abia State, Nigeria

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N Eleweke
Department of Surgery, Abia State University Teaching Hospital, P. M. B. 7004, Aba, Abia State
Nigeria
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DOI: 10.4103/9783-1230.139170

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Volvulus of the Caecum is a rare cause of mechanical intestinal obstruction. A 30-year-old young man with acute mechanical intestinal obstruction from cecal volvulus is presented. Cecal volvulus is a rare cause of mechanical intestinal obstruction and preoperative diagnosis might be difficult.


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