Transverse colonic volvulus in a 16-year-old female with congenital myotonic dystrophy: A case report

• Main Authors: Cheryl de Silva (Author), Venkat Subramaniam (Author), Mitchell R. Price (Author), Richard Sidlow (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2015-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.

Transverse colonic accounts for 2-4% of all forms of colonic volvulus and has its highest mortality rate (33) [1-3]. Only forty cases of pediatric transverse colonic volvulus have been reported in the literature to date [4]. We report on a 16-year-old female with congenital myotonic dystrophy who un...