title: Acute abdomen due to gastric volvulus: diagnostic value of a single plain radiograph.
abstract: A 2(1)/2-year-old child was admitted to hospital with acute abdominal pain and vomiting. A single large air-fluid level without additional bowel gas was seen on plain abdominal radiography. At laparotomy organoaxial volvulus of the stomach was found and partial gastric resection performed. A single bubble appearance may indicate gastric volvulus.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Surgery, Hacettepe Children's Hospital, TR-06100, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Andiran
authors.forename: F C
authors.initials: FC
authors.lastname: Tanyel
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Balkanci
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hiçsönmez
mesh_terms: D000006:Abdomen, Acute / Q000209:etiology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011859:Radiography; D013277:Stomach Volvulus / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*