title: [Acute abdomen: transverse colonic volvulus].
abstract: Volvulus of the transverse colon continues to be a rare medical problem in the bibliographic medical revisions of large bowel obstructions (1%), being frequently excluded of the differential diagnosis. However it is associated with higher morbid-mortality than the commonest cecal and sigmoid volvulus, making urgent a rapid diagnostic and chirurgical intervention. The authors present a case of this entity emphasizing the imagiologic diagnostic aspects and a bibliographic revision.
authors.affiliation: Serviços de Imagiologia Geral e de Cirurgia, Hospital de Santa Maria, Lisboa, Portugal.
authors.forename: Sónia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Palma
authors.forename: João
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Leitão
authors.forename: Helena
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lopes da Silva
authors.forename: Isabel
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Távora
mesh_terms: D000006:Abdomen, Acute / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D044684:Colon, Transverse; D003108:Colonic Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D045822:Intestinal Volvulus / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography