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. 2012:2012:236109.
doi: 10.1155/2012/236109. Epub 2012 May 31.

Gangrenous cecal volvulus complicating puerperium: is the delay in diagnosis really inevitable?

Chanderdeep Sharma  1 , Shashank Shekhar, Satish Kumar, Rajesh Chaudhary
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Gangrenous cecal volvulus complicating puerperium: is the delay in diagnosis really inevitable?

Chanderdeep Sharma et al. Case Rep Obstet Gynecol. 2012.

Abstract

Volvulus in puerperium is a rare event. We present a case of cecal volvulus following normal vaginal delivery that ended with cecal gangrene and hemicolectomy.

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Figure 1
Plain abdominal radiograph with dilated colon.
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Figure 2
Surgical findings with gangrenous cecal volvulus.
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