Small bowel volvulus diagnosed by the CT "whirl sign".
A 24-year-old man presented to the emergency department with acute onset, colicky, abdominal pain. A CT scan showed the "whirl sign" diagnostic of small bowel volvulus. Diagnosis of a small bowel volvulus can be challenging, and CT scan is the imaging modality of choice.
de Korte
Niels
N
Department of Surgery, Kennemer Gasthuis, Postbus 417, 2000 AK, Haarlem, The Netherlands. ndekorte@yahoo.com
Grutters
Cornelis T
CT
Snellen
Jacob P
JP
D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D045822:Intestinal Volvulus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D007421:Intestine, Small; D007813:Laparotomy; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*