Small-bowel volvulus as a complication of gastrostomy.
The authors describe a case of small-bowel volvulus around a gastrostomy tube, caused by displacement of the stomach away from the anterior abdominal wall with resultant rostral migration of the bowel.
D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005774:Gastrostomy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D007579:Jejunal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D011859:Radiography