title: [Diagnostic image (245). A 2-year-old boy with an acute abdomen].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Willem-Alexander Kinder- en Jeugdcentrum, Leids Universitair Medisch Centrum, Postbus 9600, 2300 RC Leiden. a.roest@lumc.nl
authors.forename: A A W
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Roest
authors.forename: A G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Menon
mesh_terms: 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