Depending on the location of the volvulus, symptoms may vary.

Malrotation of the midgut during development can lead to volvulus.

A child suffering from volvulus and twisted bowels was operated on.

Volvulus can cause a mass anywhere in the abdomen.

Phyllomya volvulus is a species of fly in the family Tachinidae.

Humans are the only definitive host for O. volvulus.

Volvulus occurs most frequently in middle-aged and elderly men.

Sigmoid volvulus is particularly common in elderly persons and constipated patients.

O. volvulus, a nematode, is carried by the black fly and causes river blindness.

Since final hosts of O. volvulus are restricted to primates, it has no major animal reservoir.

An attack of gastric dilatation volvulus almost kills him, but he recovers.

Regardless of cause, volvulus causes symptoms by two mechanisms:

These refer to the shape of the air filled closed loop of colon which forms the volvulus.

Volvulus is a rare but life-threatening cause of bowel infarction which requires immediate medical attention.

It is caused by Onchocerca volvulus, a parasitic worm.

This etiology comprises approximately 29% of cases of gastric volvulus.

The nonoperative mortality rate for gastric volvulus is reportedly as high as 80%.

After taking a thorough history, the diagnosis of colonic volvulus is usually easily included in the differential diagnosis.

After many disscusions and looks at the x-rays the doctor came up with two dieases it could have been, Hirschsprung or volvulus.

This has been observed with the bacteria Wolbachia that live with O. volvulus.

Volvulus can also occur in patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy due to the smooth muscle dysfunction.

Onchocerca volvulus is a nematode that causes onchocerciasis or "river blindness" mostly in Africa.

Twisting of the stomach (volvulus or "torsion") causes or is caused by excess gas.

Gas bloat syndrome, a surgery complication (see also Gastric volvulus)

Algonquin died in August 2002 due to a twisted intestine.

Pompoon died on November 14, 1939 as the result of a kidney infection and twisted intestine.

Miller informed hospital staff that she had a prior condition, a twisted intestine when she was 4 years old.

Harsch required emergency surgery for a twisted intestine on June 24 and missed the band's next eight shows.

Gibb's twin brother Maurice died in 2003 at the age of 53 due to complications from a twisted intestine.

I watched Bob shake his head over the twisted intestines of what used to be my engine and felt a strange peace settle over me.

Her twisted intestines interfered with blood circulation.

Maurice Gibb died suddenly, in January 2003, aged 53, of complications from a twisted intestine.

She was found to be suffering a twisted intestine, and approximately 50 feet of damaged intestine was discovered.

Gibb’s twin brother and band mate, Maurice, died nine years ago at the age of 53 of complications from surgery to fix his twisted intestine.

Like them, Tabatha had been suffering from short gut syndrome, a congenital deformity in which twisted intestines block the flow of blood.

A problem with a twisted intestine led to Noble Nashua being humanely euthanized in September 1992 at age fourteen.

Only moderately successful as a sire, Ridan was eventually sent to a breeding operation in Australia, where he died in 1977 from a twisted intestine.

Then, in succession, she developed blood clots in the lung, an infected (and later amputated) leg and a twisted intestine requiring surgery.

Maurice passed away in January 2003, aged 53, of complications resulting from a twisted intestine, a condition that plagued Robin towards the end of his life.

His fraternal twin and fellow Bee Gee, Maurice Gibb, died of complications of a twisted intestine in 2003 at 53.

Maurice Gibb died at a Miami Beach, Florida, hospital on January 12 2003 of complications resulting from a twisted intestine (volvulus).

To the rear, Phaethon saw an organism shaped like a sloppy pile of internal organs, all mucus and twisted intestines, passing out pleasure-needles to those around him.

Robin's twin brother Maurice died in 2003 from complications resulting from a twisted intestine, and younger brother Andy died in 1988 following a battle against cocaine addiction.

The animal protection group Seal Sitters says a necropsy showed that the sea lion had suffered a shark bite and had twisted intestines in addition to a bullet wound.

Catgut , for example, has nothing to do with that animal as it is a tough, elastic cord made from the twisted intestines of sheep, used for the strings of musical instruments.

Gibb, whose twin brother Maurice died at 53 of twisted intestine caused by a congenital defect shared by Robin, set the record straight after recently battling a condition widely reported to be cancer.

The short, sturdy bills of the Pterodroma species in this group, about 35 altogether, are adapted for soft prey taken at the surface; they have twisted intestines for digesting marine animals which have unusual biochemistries.

The nature of the crisis was particularly disturbing because Gibb underwent emergency gastro-intestinal surgery a year ago, and his brother, Maurice, died in 2003 while undergoing surgery for a twisted intestine, USA Today noted.

Gibb, whose twin brother Maurice died at 53 of twisted intestine caused by a congenital defect shared by Robin, announced in February that a growth on his colon had been removed and his health was looking up.

It can also identify the presence of volvulus, in most cases.

A twist of greater than 180 degrees is called volvulus.

Depending on the location of the volvulus, symptoms may vary.

Malrotation of the midgut during development can lead to volvulus.

A child suffering from volvulus and twisted bowels was operated on.

If volvulus occurs, the spleen's blood supply will also be impaired.

The surgeon works to correct the volvulus and then removes any damaged colon.

Humans are the only definitive host for O. volvulus.

Type 1 gastric volvulus is more common in adults but has been reported in children.

Volvulus occurs most frequently in middle-aged and elderly men.

However, studies have shown that this may actually increase the risk of gastric dilatation volvulus.

This may lead to peritonitis, volvulus, and gangrene of the intestine.

Zoo officials said Merlin had a history of gastric volvulus, or a twisted stomach.

An attack of gastric dilatation volvulus almost kills him, but he recovers.

Regardless of cause, volvulus causes symptoms by two mechanisms:

The stomach twists around the longitudinal axis of the digestive tract, also known as volvulus.

Volvulus means that the distention is associated with a twisting of the stomach on its longitudinal axis.

Volvulus is a rare but life-threatening cause of bowel infarction which requires immediate medical attention.

These refer to the shape of the air filled closed loop of colon which forms the volvulus.

The dogs are often prone to bloat or gastric volvulus distension.

The term volvulus has its roots from medieval Latin "volvere"; which means "to roll".

Patients with a pre-transplant diagnosis of volvulus were found to possess a lower risk of mortality.

This etiology comprises approximately 29% of cases of gastric volvulus.

The nonoperative mortality rate for gastric volvulus is reportedly as high as 80%.

The top of the volvulus can be as high as T10, the apex is usually seen left of the midline.