Computed tomography findings of acute gastric volvulus

• Published in: European radiology Vol. 24; no. 12; pp. 3115 - 3122
• Main Authors: Millet, Ingrid, Orliac, Celine, Alili, Chakib, Guillon, Françoise, Taourel, Patrice
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.12.2014; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Acute Disease; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Barium; Constriction, Pathologic - diagnostic imaging; Diagnostic Radiology; Female; Gastrointestinal; Hernias; Humans; Imaging; Internal Medicine; Interventional Radiology; Ischemia; Ischemia - diagnostic imaging; Male; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Middle Aged; Neuroradiology; Observer Variation; Patients; Radiology; Retrospective Studies; Sensitivity and Specificity; Stomach; Stomach - blood supply; Stomach - diagnostic imaging; Stomach Volvulus - diagnostic imaging; Surgery; Tomography; Tomography, X-Ray Computed - methods; Ultrasound; France; Stomach; Volvulus; Bowel obstruction; Computed tomography

Purpose To assess the diagnostic performance of CT signs of gastric volvulus in both confirmed cases and control subjects. Materials and methods We retrospectively reviewed CT findings in 10 patients with surgically confirmed acute gastric volvulus and 20 control subjects with gastric distension. Tw...