A Twisted Tale: Chronic Abdominal Pain Caused by Gastric Volvulus

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A Twisted Tale: Chronic Abdominal Pain Caused by Gastric Volvulus Tyler P. Black, MD, Lalit M. Verma, MD The American Journal of Medicine Volume 127, Issue 9, Pages e19-e20 (September 2014) DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2014.04.029 Copyright © 2014 Elsevier Inc. Terms and Conditions

Figure 1 Computed tomography scan of the abdomen showing rotation of the stomach (middle of image) along its longitudinal axis consistent with organoaxial volvulus. The American Journal of Medicine 2014 127, e19-e20DOI: (10.1016/j.amjmed.2014.04.029) Copyright © 2014 Elsevier Inc. Terms and Conditions