Acute intra-abdominal gastric volvulus in adults. Defect of dorsal mesogastrium fusion
Benoit, L.; Goudet, P.; Cougard, P.
Annales de Chirurgie 51(4): 379-381
1997
ISSN/ISBN: 0003-3944 PMID: 9297864 Document Number: 481800
A case of acute intra-abdominal gastric volvulus in an adult patient is presented. It was caused by the absence of dorsal mesogastrium fusion and was responsible for a gastric necrosis and peritonitis. The mobile spleen displaced the greater curvature of the stomach to the right. This case-report illustrates an association between an anatomical abnormality and a case of intra-abdominal gastric volvulus.