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Case Reports
. 2014 Jul 25:2014:bcr2014205511.
doi: 10.1136/bcr-2014-205511.

Paediatric caecal volvulus with perforation and faecal peritonitis

Ramnik V Patel  1 , Ike Njere  2 , Dhaval Govani  3 , Richard Stewart  4
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Case Reports

Paediatric caecal volvulus with perforation and faecal peritonitis

Ramnik V Patel et al. BMJ Case Rep. .
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Figure 1
(A) Plain abdominal radiograph showing abnormal gas in the central and left upper abdomen. (B) An erect chest radiograph at arrival showing massive pneumoperitoneum with saddle bag sign (wide arrows), note massive caecal pneumatosis seen as thin line in left upper abdomen (thin dark arrows; AP, anteroposterior; PEG, percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy).
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