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case_images: CT scan at the 6th postoperative day after hepatectomy showing cecal volvulus with: (1) Remnant liver, (2) benign liver cyst, (3) small bowel feces sign, and (4) fluid-filled dilated small bowel.
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case_images: On POD 6, the CT scan was repeated because of worsening abdominal pain and lack of clinical improvement, showing mechanical small bowel obstruction at the terminal ileum, and suspicion of cecal volvulus (Fig. 1).
case_images: Intraoperative photo showing the cecal volvulus with: (1) distended small bowel due to mechanical bowel obstruction, (2) rotated and distended cecum, and (3) appendix.
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case_images: The patient underwent emergency laparotomy showing a cecal volvulus (Fig. 2).