Aguayo-Macías E, Rodríguez-Valle AJ, Gonzalez-Habib R, Reyes-Sepúlveda H

Language: Spanish
References: 6
Page: 232-234
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ABSTRACT

There are several etiologies of abdominal pain during pregnancy, including an extremely rare: the intestinal volvulus. Have been reported about 78 cases in the literature of intestinal volvulus complicating pregnancy, we reported this case occurred in our hospital and to assess the difficult diagnosis of intestinal volvulus in pregnancy.

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