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Case Reports
. 2022 May 4;106(1):37.
doi: 10.5334/jbsr.2766. eCollection 2022.

Cecal Volvulus

Kelly Di Dier  1 , Adelard De Backer  1 , Filip Vanhoenacker  2
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Case Reports

Cecal Volvulus

Kelly Di Dier et al. J Belg Soc Radiol. .

Abstract

Teaching Point: The coffee bean sign, the whirl sign, and the bird's beak sign are the key findings on abdominal CT of cecal volvulus.

Keywords: abdominal computed tomography; bird’s beak sign; cecal volvulus; coffee bean sign; whirl sign.

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The authors have no competing interests to declare.

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