PMC4247739_01
Photograph showing distended caecum with terminal ileum adjacent to it on the right side
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Intraoperative findings were a distended ascending colon, cecum and terminal ileum all twisted around the mesenterybut with no gut gangrene (Figure 1, Figure 2).
Photograph showing caecal volvulus with the point of twisting for the caecum and terminal ileum being visible
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Intraoperative findings were a distended ascending colon, cecum and terminal ileum all twisted around the mesenterybut with no gut gangrene (Figure 1, Figure 2).
Photograph of the de-torsioned caecal volvulus showing elongated caecal mesocolon
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After detorsion, increased caecal mobility was noted as evidenced by an elongated right mesocolon (Figure 3).