“…3,4 There are certain risk factors that have been linked to primary SBV, including long mobile mesentery, short mesenteric base, long small bowel, and consumption of a large amount of fibre-rich food after prolonged fasting, with overloading of an empty intestine. 1,3,6 With torsion of the small bowel and its mesentery, the superior mesenteric arterial blood supply is compromised, which results in bowel infarction that usually occurs within 6 hours. 3 The most important clinical feature is persistent abdominal pain with absence of bowel sounds on physical examination.…”