[Gastric mesenteric transverse volvulus. Report of a case]

A case of intermittent transverse mesenteric volvulus with elevation of the left hemidiaphragm and peptic oesophagitis complicated by numerous ulcers, some of them bleeding, is described. Diagnosis was clinched radiologically. Endoscopy make clear the nature of the haematemesis. In the light of the pathogenetic hypotheses applicable to gastro-cardiac syndromes, combined endoscopic and radiological examination may be considered as mandatory.