title: Diagnosis of pediatric gastric, small-bowel and colonic volvulus.
abstract: Digestive volvulus affects the stomach, small bowel and mobile segments of the colon and often has a developmental cause. Reference radiologic examinations include upper gastrointestinal contrast series for gastric volvulus, possibly with ultrasonography for small-bowel volvulus, and contrast enema for colonic volvulus. Treatment is usually surgical. This pictorial essay describes the embryological development and discusses the clinical and radiologic presentation of volvulus, depending on location, and details the appropriate radiologic examinations.
authors.affiliation: Service d'imagerie diagnostique et de radiologie thérapeutique, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Caen, Avenue de la côte de Nacre, 14033, Caen, Cedex 9, France. garel-c@chu-caen.fr.|Radiologie pédiatrique, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Caen, Caen, France. garel-c@chu-caen.fr.
authors.forename: Charles
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Garel
authors.affiliation: Service d'imagerie diagnostique et de radiologie thérapeutique, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Caen, Avenue de la côte de Nacre, 14033, Caen, Cedex 9, France.|Université de Caen Basse-Normandie, Caen, France.|Radiologie pédiatrique, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Caen, Caen, France.
authors.forename: Marie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Blouet
authors.affiliation: Service d'imagerie diagnostique et de radiologie thérapeutique, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Caen, Avenue de la côte de Nacre, 14033, Caen, Cedex 9, France.|Radiologie pédiatrique, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Caen, Caen, France.
authors.forename: Frederique
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Belloy
authors.affiliation: Chirurgie pédiatrique, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Caen, Caen, France.
authors.forename: Thierry
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Petit
authors.affiliation: Service d'imagerie diagnostique et de radiologie thérapeutique, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Caen, Avenue de la côte de Nacre, 14033, Caen, Cedex 9, France.|Université de Caen Basse-Normandie, Caen, France.
authors.forename: Jean-Pierre
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Pelage
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007089:Image Enhancement / Q000379:methods; D007223:Infant; D045822:Intestinal Volvulus / Q000175:diagnosis*; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013277:Stomach Volvulus / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*; D014463:Ultrasonography / Q000379:methods*
keywords: Contrast enema; Occlusion; Pediatrics; Ultrasonography; Upper gastrointestinal; Volvulus