Preoperative sonographic diagnosis of midgut malrotation with volvulus in adults: The 'whirlpool' sign

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 279-283

  Yeh, Wen Chun ^a   Wang, Hsiu Po ^b   Chen, Chiher ^b   Wang, Hsih Hsi ^a   Wu, Ming Shiang ^b   Lin, Jaw Town ^b  

^a EN CHU KONG HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Malrotation; Midgut; Ultrasonography; Volvulus; Whirlpool sign

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ABDOMINAL PAIN; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINE MALROTATION; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; MIDGUT; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SUPERIOR MESENTERIC ARTERY; SUPERIOR MESENTERIC VEIN; VOLVULUS; VOMITING;

AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; INTESTINES; MALE; MESENTERY; PERITONEAL DISEASES; TORSION;

EID: 0032901756     PISSN: 00912751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0096(199906)27:5<279::AID-JCU8>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Article

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