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Case Reports
. 1986 Jan;62(723):47-9.
doi: 10.1136/pgmj.62.723.47.

An unusual volvulus--the ileosigmoid knot

C D Johnson
Case Reports

An unusual volvulus--the ileosigmoid knot

C D Johnson. Postgrad Med J. 1986 Jan.

Abstract

A case is presented of an ileosigmoid knot in a 70 year old man. A strangulated loop of ileum was wrapped around the neck of a sigmoid volvulus. Following small bowel resection and sigmoid colectomy with colostomy, the patient made an uneventful recovery.

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