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Case Reports
. 2020 Sep 9;2020(9):rjaa284.
doi: 10.1093/jscr/rjaa284. eCollection 2020 Sep.

Transverse colon volvulus in a patient with autism

Rony Shah  1 , Linda Klumpp  1 , Juan Negron-Diaz  1 , Torr Carmain  2 , Jeffrey Jordan  1 ; HCA Healthcare/USF Morsani College of Medicine GME Programs at Citrus Memorial Hospital, Inverness, Florida
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Case Reports

Transverse colon volvulus in a patient with autism

Rony Shah et al. J Surg Case Rep. .

Abstract

Transverse colon volvulus is an extremely rare cause of bowel obstruction with approximately 100 cases reported in literature. Transverse colon volvulus presents with signs and symptoms of large bowel obstruction, but it can become a surgical emergency due to bowel infarction or peritonitis. We present a rare case of transverse colon volvulus in a 36-year-old male patient with severe autism. We hope this case report will raise awareness of this disease.

Keywords: autism; large bowel obstruction; transverse colon; volvulus.

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Axial view of CT of abdomen and pelvis with intravenous contrast (A) & (B), dilated cecum and colonic loop in the right upper quadrant and (C) foreign body within the stomach.
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