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case_images: Abdominal X-rays showing a dilated transverse colon with a "U-shaped" loop in the left upper abdomen.
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case_images: The abdominal X-ray revealed a large bowel obstruction with a "U-shaped" loop in the left upper abdomen (Figure 1).
case_images: Computed tomography revealing dilatation of the right colon and the transverse colon with a cut-off near the splenic flexure.
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case_images: The computed tomography demonstrated a dilatation of the right colon and the transverse colon with a cut-off near the splenic flexure (Figure 2).
case_images: Intra operative view demonstrating transverse colon volvulus. The point of twist was located in the left upper quadrant of the abdomen.
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case_images: Intra operative findings (Figure 3) were of a transverse colon volvulus rotated in a three hundred and sixty degrees clockwise direction on its mesentery.