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Highlights • Acute gastric volvulus occurs when the stomach undergoes torsion in the thoracic cavity.• We describe an 8-year-old boy with diaphragmatic hernia complicated by gastric volvulus presented with acute… Click to show full abstract
Highlights • Acute gastric volvulus occurs when the stomach undergoes torsion in the thoracic cavity.• We describe an 8-year-old boy with diaphragmatic hernia complicated by gastric volvulus presented with acute epigastric pain and non-bilious vomiting.• He underwent laparotomy. Reduction of the viscera to the abdominal cavity, gastropexy and repair of diaphragmatic defect were done.
Keywords:
diaphragmatic hernia;
volvulus;
case;
gastric volvulus;
acute intrathoracic
Journal Title: International Journal of Surgery Case Reports
Year Published: 2020
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Journal Title: International Journal of Surgery Case Reports
Year Published: 2020
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