Acute gastric volvulus: report of a case Vólvulo gástrico agudo: etiopatogénesis, diagnóstico y tratamiento

This paper presents a case of acute gastric volvulus related to diaphragmatic elevation due to a lung resection performed twenty eight years before, as a consequence of pulmonary tuberculosis. Gastric volvulus is rarely found; the disorder is usually chronic and originales from concurrent diaphragma...

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Main Authors: Sergio Hoyos, Carlos Hernando Morales Uribe
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Published: Universidad de Antioquia 1997-03-01
Series:Iatreia
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Online Access:http://www.iatreia.udea.edu.co/index.php/iatreia/article/view/430
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Summary:This paper presents a case of acute gastric volvulus related to diaphragmatic elevation due to a lung resection performed twenty eight years before, as a consequence of pulmonary tuberculosis. Gastric volvulus is rarely found; the disorder is usually chronic and originales from concurrent diaphragmatic defects or derangements. Pathogenesis and diagnosis of acute gastric volvulus as well as different treatment alternatives are discussed. Se presenta un caso de vólvulo gástrico agudo asociado a elevación del diafragma, secundaria a una neumonectomía practicada 28 años antes por tuberculosis pulmonar. El vólvulo gástrico es una entidad clínica poco frecuente que ocurre, en general, en forma crónica y secundaria a patología diafragmática. Se discuten la etiopatogénesis, el diagnóstico y las diferentes alternativas de tratamiento en pacientes con esta entidad.
ISSN:0121-0793
2011-7965