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British Journal of Radiology 74 (2001),1062-1064 © 2001 The British Institute of Radiology

Case report

Strangulated small bowel obstruction related to chronic torsion of an epiploic appendix: CT findings

A Osadchy, MD, M Shapiro-Feinberg, MD and R Zissin, MD

Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Meir Hospital, Sapir Medical Center, Kfar-Saba, affiliated to the Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel

Correspondence: Dr A Osadchy, Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Sapir Medical Center, Kfar Saba, 44281, Israel

The role of CT in the evaluation of patients with small bowel obstruction, with emphasis on the findings of strangulating obstruction, has been extensively described in the literature. We report a rare case of small bowel volvulus related to a heterogeneous abdominal mass detected on CT. On microscopic examination the mass proved to be a chronically torted epiploic appendix.






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