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Acute mesenteroaxial gastric volvulus and congenital diaphragmatic hernia.

Kotobi H, Auber F, Otta E, Meyer N, Audry G, Hélardot PG

Department of Pediatric Surgery, AP-HP-Hôpital d'Enfants Armand Trousseau and University of Paris VI, 26 Avenue du Dr Arnold Netter, 75012 Paris, France.

The current report describes the case of an 11-year-old girl with Down syndrome who was admitted because of sudden abdominal pain and vomiting. Her symptoms were secondary to severe gastric volvulus associated with congenital diaphragmatic hernia.

Published 19 October 2005 in Pediatr Surg Int, 21(8): 674-6.
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