Ascending colon volvulus due to a vitelline duct remnant in an elderly patient.
A 77-year old female is presented with volvulus of the ascending colon due to torsion around a vitelline duct remnant. Symptoms were mild and intermittent. Roentgenograms are presented which demonstrated this lesion preoperatively. At surgery the ascending colon was found to be twisted around a fibrous band extending from the umbilicus to the ileum.
D000368:Aged; D003108:Colonic Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D014816:Vitelline Duct