A rare cause of intestinal obstruction: ileosigmoid knot

Issam Yazough; Houssam Benhammane; Oussaid Morad; Pierlesky Elion Ossibi; Imane Toughrai; Said Ait Laalim; Ibn Majdoub Hassani; Khalid Mazaz

doi:10.11604/pamj.2014.19.21.3902

A rare cause of intestinal obstruction: ileosigmoid knot

Pan Afr Med J. 2014 Sep 9:19:21. doi: 10.11604/pamj.2014.19.21.3902. eCollection 2014.

Authors

Issam Yazough¹, Houssam Benhammane¹, Oussaid Morad¹, Pierlesky Elion Ossibi¹, Imane Toughrai¹, Said Ait Laalim¹, Ibn Majdoub Hassani¹, Khalid Mazaz¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medecine and Pharmacy in Fez, Univerity Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdellah, CHU Hassan II, Fez, Morocco.

Abstract

Intestinal obstruction is common surgical emergency; ileosigmoid knot is a rare cause of intestinal obstruction (a loop ileum and sigmoid colon twisted around each other in a knot). We recorded a three cases in HASSAN II hospital in the last 3 years.

Keywords: Intestinal obstruction; ileosigmoid knot; sigmoid colon.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Aged
Humans
Ileal Diseases / diagnosis
Ileal Diseases / pathology*
Ileal Diseases / surgery
Intestinal Obstruction / etiology*
Intestinal Obstruction / surgery
Intestinal Volvulus / diagnosis
Intestinal Volvulus / pathology
Intestinal Volvulus / surgery
Middle Aged
Sigmoid Diseases / diagnosis
Sigmoid Diseases / pathology*
Sigmoid Diseases / surgery