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A CT scan of the abdomen demonstrates a "whirl sign" which is when the bowel rotates arounds its mesentery leading to whirls of the mesenteric vessels.
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An abdominal CT scan on admission demonstrated swirling of the mesentery within the right central hemiabdomen at the level of the cecum/terminal ileum junction with significant gaseous distension of adjacent transverse colon (Figure 1).