Volvulus of the Cecum Due to Intestinal Malrotation in an Adult Woman, a Case Report

Abstract

We present the case of an adult woman with a medical history of repetitive episodes of intestinal subocclusion and occlusion that remitted with medical treatment. During hospital admission due to acute abdominal pain and secondary to CT scan results, an urgent surgical approach was decided with findings of a malrotation anomaly consisting in a short, dilated and volvulus cecum behind hepatoduodenal ligament and a collapsed transversal colon, requiring intestinal resection and ileocolic primary intestinal anastomosis. Conclusion:Repetitive intestinal occlusion and subocclusion symptoms also in an adult patient with history of repetitive episodes that were always treated conservatively should be considered as a possible malrotation anomaly. Cecal volvulus is a very rare clinical entity, difficult to early diagnose and can be associated to a malrotation anomaly. Early surgery in this types of patients, that are used to conservative treatment, require a high index of diagnostic suspicion but can be associated with lower mortality and morbidity.