Jejunal Volvulus Around Gastrostomy Tube: An Exceptional Complication in Cerebral Palsy

04 August 2021: Articles

Challenging differential diagnosis, Management of emergency care, Rare disease

Hind S. Alsaif ^A , Ali Hassan ^A* , Hassan Alsaleem ^B , Osamah J. Refai ^F , Khaled Awary ^C , Faten Alaqeel ^A , Raed Alsulaiman ^A

DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.932075

Am J Case Rep 2021; 22:e932075

Table 1. Review of reported cases of small intestinal volvulus in patients with a gastrostomy tube.

Year	Author	Age	Gender	Comorbidities	Previous abdominal surgery	Clinical Presentation	Onset of symptoms (after gastrostomy)	Penetration of mesentery	Bowel resection	Outcome
1983	Senac []⁵	5 years	Female	Intellectual disability	Yes	Abdominal distension, high gastrostomy output	2 weeks	No	Yes	Survived
2015	Roos []⁸	39 years	Male	Multiple sclerosis and kyphoscoliosis	No	Abdominal distension, nausea, vomiting, high gastrostomy output	2 days	Yes	No	Survived
2016	Grassia []⁷	50 years	Male	Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis	No	Nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, abdominal distension, constipation	2 days	Yes	No	Survived
2017	Martins []⁶	47 years	Male	Cerebral palsy	No	Fever, cough, constipation	2 days	No	No	Survived
2020	Present case	34 years	Male	Cerebral palsy and kyphoscoliosis	No	Feeding intolerance	2 months	No	Yes	Survived