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A rare case of dual obstruction of the colon
A Natarajan1, R E D'Souza, N G Lahoti
1Department of Surgery, St. John's Medical College Hospital, Bangalore-560 034. a_natarajan@usa.net
Tropical Gastroenterology : Official Journal of the Digestive Diseases Foundation
|April 20, 2002
Abstract:
The commonest cause of large bowel obstruction is colorectal malignancy. Volvulus of the colon is a rare cause and caecal volvulus accounts for less than 1% of all cases of intestinal obstruction. Reports of concurrent occurrence of obstructing lesions of the right and left colon are rare and anecdotal. We report a case of Caecal volvulus and carcinoma of the rectosigmoid in a 70-year-old lady.