Jejunal volvulus is a rare and life threatening presentation of intestinal ischaemia. Clinical features, laboratory investigations and plain abdominal films are non-specific and so computed tomography (CT) scanning is useful in reaching a timely diagnosis. Rapid recourse to surgical intervention is typical and life saving. We report a rare case of primary jejunal volvulus which, after diagnosis on emergency CT scanning, was successfully treated by laparotomy and resection of infarcted bowel.
A 52-year-old Afro-Caribbean female presented with a 2-week history of left iliac fossa pain and persistent fever. The working diagnosis was diverticulitis and she was treated with intravenous antibiotics. A CT scan of the abdomen showed a thickened sigmoid colon lying adjacent to the left bladder wall with inflammatory changes present. As the patient's condition showed no improvement, an explorative laparotomy was performed, which identified a mass in the sigmoid colon adherent to the bladder and left ovary. An anterior resection, partial cystectomy and a defunctioning loop-ileostomy were performed. Postoperatively, spiking fever with a high white cell count continued. No postoperative surgical complications were identified despite numerous investigations. Eventually, histology of the colon revealed a null type anaplastic large cell lymphoma with a high proliferation fraction of greater than 90%.
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