Transverse colon volvulus in a young patient with wandering liver.

ABSTRACT

We present the case of a 26-year-old male patient with no history of interest who consulted the emergency department due to occlusive symptoms. Urgent CT showed the presence of a transverse colonic volvulus in the context of a heterotopic liver, located in the left hypochondrium. There were no clinical or radiological signs of perforation or ischemia, so urgent endoscopic decompression was performed with subsequent elective surgery with a favorable resolution of the condition. Transverse colonic volvulus is rare (<1%) and wandering liver is an exceptional predisposing factor, with less than a hundred published cases. In these patients, endoscopic decompression carries a risk of perforation with high recurrence rates, and surgical treatment should be considered. However, in this case, in the absence of severity criteria, decompressive colonoscopy was considered an urgent treatment and subsequent elective surgery with favorable results.