A woman with nausea and epigastric pain
Gordinou de Gouberville, M.C.; van Eijck, F.C.
Nederlands Tijdschrift Voor Geneeskunde 156(18): A3071
2012
ISSN/ISBN: 1876-8784 PMID: 22551743 Document Number: 661066
An 48-year old woman presented at the emergency room with epigastric pain and nausea. 6 months earlier she had a distended ascending colon, which resolved quickly after conservative treatment with nasogastric tube. Now she had similar complaints. A plain abdominal radiograph was not conclusive; barium enema examination demonstrated a cecal volvulus. Patient required right hemicolectomy. She recovered uneventfully.