摘要
An 85-year-old woman presented with sudden onset of generalised abdominal pain and absolute constipation for 4 d.On examination she had a distended abdomen.Plain abdominal radiograph revealed a gas filled viscous within the left upper quadrant.Subsequent computed tomography suggested caecal volvulus herniated through a left diaphragmatic hernia.The patient underwent reduction of the internal hernia,right hemicolectomy and mesh repair of the diaphragmatic hernia.Postoperative recovery was uneventful.Histology revealed a Dukes’A colonic cancer within the caecum.Herniation of caecal volvulus through a diaphragmatic hernia is a very rare condition and may have been precipitated by the colonic tumour.
An 85-year-old woman presented with sudden onset of generalised abdominal pain and absolute constipation for 4 d.On examination she had a distended abdomen.Plain abdominal radiograph revealed a gas filled viscous within the left upper quadrant.Subsequent computed tomography suggested caecal volvulus herniated through a left diaphragmatic hernia.The patient underwent reduction of the internal hernia,right hemicolectomy and mesh repair of the diaphragmatic hernia.Postoperative recovery was uneventful.Histology revealed a Dukes’A colonic cancer within the caecum.Herniation of caecal volvulus through a diaphragmatic hernia is a very rare condition and may have been precipitated by the colonic tumour.
