Midgut volvulus with giant jejunal diverticulum in an elderly patient: Case report with literature review

CASE REPORT

Year : 2021 \| Volume : 20 \| Issue : 2 \| Page : 82-84

Midgut volvulus with giant jejunal diverticulum in an elderly patient: Case report with literature review Hasanain Abdulameer Jasim Department of Surgery, Colleage of Medicine, Al-Mustansiriya University; Department of Surgery, Al Yarmouk Teaching Hospital, Baghdad, Iraq Correspondence Address: Dr. Hasanain Abdulameer Jasim Department of Surgery, Colleage of Medicine, Al-Mustansiriya University, Baghdad; Al-Yarmouk Teaching Hospital, Baghdad Iraq Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None DOI: 10.4103/mj.mj_44_20

Midgut volvulus is a rare cause of acute intestinal obstruction in elderly patients. It can be classified into primary (without obvious cause) or secondary (secondary to other abnormality). Jejunal diverticula are an uncommon type of diverticulum of the small bowel. However, associated with a high rate of complications such as diverticulitis, perforation, or rarely volvulus. In this case report, we present a female elderly patient with a proximal small bowel volvulus around the axis of superior mesenteric vessels with the giant jejunal diverticulum at the tip of the volvulus.



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