[An 80-year-old woman with intermittent abdominal pain]

Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd. 2022 Nov 30:166:D6895.
[Article in Dutch]

Abstract

This case concerns an older woman with severe colicky pain in the lower right abdomen with vomiting. She had experienced more mild episodes of this pain before. A contrast-enhanced computed tomography showed a whirl sign. This sign is suggestive of a volvulus, in this case of the ileum. After surgery she was complaint-free.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Abdominal Pain* / diagnosis
  • Abdominal Pain* / etiology
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Ileum
  • Intestinal Volvulus* / diagnosis
  • Intestinal Volvulus* / diagnostic imaging
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods
  • Vomiting