Premium
Whirlpool Sign in Small‐Bowel Volvulus Due to a Mesenteric Cyst
Author(s) -
Vijayaraghavan S. Boopathy,
Ravikumar Valkodai Ramanathan,
Srimathy Gopalakrishnan
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
journal of ultrasound in medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.574
H-Index - 91
eISSN - 1550-9613
pISSN - 0278-4297
DOI - 10.7863/jum.2004.23.10.1375
Subject(s) - medicine , reprint , mesenteric cyst , cyst , nuclear medicine , surgery , physics , astronomy
The "whirlpool sign" on gray scale and color Doppler sonography is a well-recognized and definitive sign of small-bowel volvulus (SBV) secondary to malrotation of the midgut. We describe a case of SBV caused by a mesenteric cyst in which the whirlpool sign was seen.