Volvulus of the Right Colon: About Two Observations
E. Seddik
Surgery Service, CHU Sétif and Medicine Faculty, Ferhat Abbas Sétif 1 University, Algeria
A. Mahboub
Surgery Service, CHU Sétif and Medicine Faculty, Ferhat Abbas Sétif 1 University, Algeria
M. Bendib
Surgery Service, CHU Sétif and Medicine Faculty, Ferhat Abbas Sétif 1 University, Algeria
L. Griche
Surgery Service, CHU Sétif and Medicine Faculty, Ferhat Abbas Sétif 1 University, Algeria
A. Khenchouche *
Department of Microbiology, Natural and Life Sciences Faculty, Ferhat Abbas Sétif 1 University, Algeria
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Two patients, 42 years and 70-year-old men attended the emergency department for a sudden onset paroxysmal pain for the first patient and abdominal pains located in the flank and the iliac fossa for the second. The latter patient has not prodromes, without analgesic positions with a cessation of materials and gases, but painless. The hernias were free and the digital rectal examination was normal. The first patient (42-year-old) had no previous medical history. His pain was accompanied by food vomiting and a cessation of materials and gases, occurring for 24 hours. The general condition of this patient was preserved, but found a painful, defenseless abdomen with asymmetrical meteorism predominant in the left flank, without peristaltic ripples. The two cases were diagnosed as acute intestinal obstruction.
Keywords: Volvulus of the right colon, About two observations