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Small Bowel Ischemia due to Jejunum Volvulus in Pregnancy: A Case Report

Authors :
Ioannis Vassiliou
Aliki Tympa
Michalis Derpapas
Georgios Kottis
Nikolaos Vlahos
Source :
Case Reports in Obstetrics and Gynecology, Vol 2012 (2012)
Publication Year :
2012
Publisher :
Wiley, 2012.

Abstract

The diagnosis of intestinal obstruction in pregnancy is difficult, as the symptoms may mimic pregnancy-associated complaints. The surgical management is challenging, as the mortality rate of midgut volvulus in pregnancy is high. We report the case of a 35-year-old woman at 21 weeks and 5 days of gestation with small bowel obstruction who presented to our institution with a 24 h history of colicky abdominal pain and nausea and who finally had a successful open repair.

Subjects

Subjects :
Gynecology and obstetrics
RG1-991

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
20906684 and 20906692
Volume :
2012
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Case Reports in Obstetrics and Gynecology
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.910e2689f5cf4bb88cdceace5292e073
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1155/2012/485863