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KMID : 0385920150260010095
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Journal of the Korean Society of Emergency Medicine
2015 Volume.26 No. 1 p.95 ~ p.99
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A Case of Mesentero-axial Gastric Volvulus Presenting as Recurrent Vomiting of a Children
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Koh Chan-Young
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Abstract
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Acute gastric volvulus in children is a rare condition, but a potentially life-threatening cause of upper gastrointestinal obstruction requiring prompt diagnosis and treatment. However, the symptoms are ambiguous, so that it can be easily misdiagnosed. We report on the case of a 3-year-old boy patient with recurrent vomiting despite conservative therapy. Findings of a bedside ultrasonography and upper gastro-intestinal contrast study showed mesentero-axial gastric volvulus without adjacent organ abnormality. He was managed with endoscopic gastropexy and was dis-charged without complication.
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KEYWORD
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Stomach volvulus, Children, Vomiting, Ultrasonography
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