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Bile-stained vomiting in infancy is abnormal. Malrotation with small bowel volvulus is probably the most worrying of possible causes because if untreated for too long, it can result in massive bowel necrosis. As a consequence, if examination or plain radiography does not suggest another cause, an
BACKGROUND
Vomiting is usually a late and an infrequent symptom of colonic obstructions. Contrary to this general rule, it occurs early and more frequently in some cases of sigmoid volvulus.
OBJECTIVE
To study the clinical significance of vomiting in patients with sigmoid volvulus.
METHODS
Teaching
We report a case of an important and uncommon cause of vomiting in an elderly female patient who had no previous apparent gastrointestinal problems. A diaphragmatic hernia with gastric volvulus, which presented non-specifically but was an important diagnosis to make.
Gastric volvulus is an uncommon entity found in the paediatric population. We are reporting a case of chronic gastric volvulus presented to us with the complaints of recurrent vomiting after each feed. The vomiting was projectile, nonbilious, and the content was milk. The patient was evaluated by
The authors report the case of a 75 year-old woman admitted to the emergency room with abdominal pain and coffee ground vomiting. Marked epigastric distension with tenderness and signs of severe dehydration were present. Upper GI endoscopy showed a black esophagus covered by a large amount of dark