Mesenteroaxial gastric volvulus: CT findings

Abstract

A 65-year-old female patient presented with complaints of abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting,constipation, and inability to perform defecation. The patient complained of abdominal pain andconstipation for several days, and these symptoms were exacerbated, nausea and vomiting wereadded to these complaints on the day of admission. Physical examination revealed that abdominalguarding and tenderness, mainly located in the epigastric region. The patient had a history of previoustotal knee replacement surgery and ischemic stroke but had no history of trauma or abdominalsurgery.