Acute primary gastric volvulus occurring after overeating in a 12-year-old girl

Gastric volvulus is a rare cause of recurrent abdominal pain or vomiting. This report presents a case of a 12-year-old girl with acute gastric volvulus and 2-hour history of epigastric pain after overeating. Computed tomography showed severe gastric distension without other abnormal findings. The ga...

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Main Author: Young Soo Chung
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Korean Society of Pediatric Emergency Medicine 2021-12-01
Series:Pediatric Emergency Medicine Journal
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Online Access:http://pemj.org/upload/pdf/pemj-2021-00388.pdf