Volvo de ceco complicado por icterícia séptica / Cecum volvulus complicated by septic jaundice
Rev. Col. Bras. Cir
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37(6): 460-462, nov.-dez. 2010. ilus
Article
in Portuguese
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| ID: lil-625238
ABSTRACT
Cecal volvulus is an uncommon cause of acute bowel obstruction in adults. The mechanism is torsion of the enlarged, poorly-fixed or hypermobile cecum. Patients with this condition may display highly variable clinical presentations, ranging from intermittent, self-limiting abdominal discomfort to acute abdominal pain associated with intestinal strangulation and sepsis. The treatment needs to be individualized for each case, but surgical management is required in almost every case. In the presence of gangrene or perforation of the cecum, resection and primary ileocolic anastomosis is recommended. However, in non-complicated cases detorsion and cecopexy are adequate. The authors report one case of cecal volvulus in a 55-year-old women treated with cecopexy that complicated with septic jaundice.
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LILACS (Americas)
Main subject:
Cecal Diseases
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Sepsis
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Intestinal Volvulus
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Jaundice
Limits:
Female
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Humans
Language:
Portuguese
Journal:
Rev. Col. Bras. Cir
Journal subject:
General Surgery
Year:
2010
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Brazil
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