Gastric Volvulus and Wandering Spleen : A Rare Surgical Emergency

Abstract EN

Gastric volvulus is a rare but potentially life-threatening clinical entity due to possible gastric necrosis.

A wandering spleen may also be associated with gastric volvulus.

Patients presenting with the triad epigastralgia, vomiting followed by retching, and difficulty or inability to pass a nasogastric tube into the stomach are likely to have gastric volvulus.

The operating surgeon should include this rare entity in the differential diagnosis when dealing with a patient with such a clinical profile.

Herein, we present a case of gastric volvulus associated with a wandering spleen in a 28-year-old Caucasian woman and we provide a brief review of the literature on this issue.