[Diagnostic image (245). A 2-year-old boy with an acute abdomen].
A 2-year-old boy presented at the emergency room with a surgical abdomen and respiratory and circulatory insufficiency caused by a volvulus of the short bowel around a string from a Meckel's diverticulum.
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Willem-Alexander Kinder- en Jeugdcentrum, Leids Universitair Medisch Centrum, Postbus 9600, 2300 RC Leiden. a.roest@lumc.nl
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D000006:Abdomen, Acute / Q000209:etiology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D045822:Intestinal Volvulus / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008467:Meckel Diverticulum / Q000150:complications*; D016896:Treatment Outcome