Open AccessChronic recurrent vomiting associated with primary gastric volvulus in infant: A case report and review of literature
Author(s) -
Maheshkumar Manilal Vaghela,
Amit Sinha,
Bindey Kumar,
Pragya Kumar
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
african journal of paediatric surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.163
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 0189-6725
pISSN - 0974-5998
DOI - 10.4103/ajps.ajps_36_16
Subject(s) - medicine , vomiting , gastric volvulus , gastropexy , volvulus , abdomen , stomach , surgery , acute abdomen , radiology , general surgery , gastroenterology
Gastric volvulus is an uncommon entity found in the paediatric population. We are reporting a case of chronic gastric volvulus presented to us with the complaints of recurrent vomiting after each feed. The vomiting was projectile, nonbilious, and the content was milk. The patient was evaluated by clinical and radiological means in the form of the X-ray abdomen, ultrasound abdomen, upper gastrointestinal (GI) contrast study, and computed tomography scan of the abdomen. The upper GI contrast study was suggestive of gastric volvulus. The patient was operated and gastropexy was done. There was lax gastrocolic ligament with increased distance between stomach and transverse colon without any obvious gastric volvulus. Postsurgery, the patient was symptom-free.