Paediatric caecal volvulus with perforation and faecal peritonitis

BMJ Case Rep. 2014 Jul 25:2014:bcr2014205511. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2014-205511.

Authors

Ramnik V Patel¹, Ike Njere², Dhaval Govani³, Richard Stewart⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Paediatric Urology, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK Department of Paediatric Urology, Great Ormond Street Children Hospital NHS Trust, London, UK.
² Department of Paediatric Surgery, HRI, Hull, UK.
³ Birmingham Medical School, Birmingham, UK.
⁴ Department of Paediatric Surgery, QMC, Nottingham, UK.

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Cecal Diseases / complications*
Cecal Diseases / diagnosis
Child
Diagnosis, Differential
Humans
Intestinal Perforation / complications*
Intestinal Perforation / diagnosis
Intestinal Volvulus / complications*
Intestinal Volvulus / diagnosis
Male
Peritonitis / diagnosis
Peritonitis / etiology*
Radiography, Abdominal