%0 Case Reports
%T [Small bowel volvulus complicating common incomplete mesentery in an adult: a case report].
%A Alaoui A
%A Alami B
%A Lamrani YA
%A Boubou M
%A Maaroufi M
%J Pan Afr Med J
%V 37
%N 0
%D 2020
%M 33623626
暂无%R 10.11604/pamj.2020.37.287.17538
%X Emergency diagnosis of small bowel volvulus can be established in patients with acute intestinal obstruction, or even shock, or repeated abdominal pain often associated with motility disorders. This is a life-threatening complication of common incomplete mesentery, which is defined as an intestinal malrotation occurring very rarely in adults. Clinical symptoms are non-specific, hence the importance of knowing the radiological features, in particular scannographic features of this rare entity, thus enabling early therapeutic management. We here report the case of a 65-year-old patient admitted with total small bowel volvulus complicating common incomplete mesentery, diagnosed based on abdominal computed tomography (CT) scan and confirmed at surgery, who had favorable outcome.