cecal volvulus sigmoid colon volvulus (sigmoid volvulus) volvulus of the transverse colon volvulus of the splenic flexure, the rarest gastric volvulus ileosigmoid...

when it takes a blood meal, thus completing the lifecycle of O. volvulus. O. volvulus causes onchocerciasis, which causes severe itching. Long-term infection...

Sigmoid colon volvulus, also known as sigmoid volvulus, is volvulus affecting the sigmoid colon. It is a common cause of bowel obstruction and constipation...

Gastric volvulus or volvulus of stomach is a twisting of all or part of the stomach by more than 180 degrees with obstruction of the flow of material through...

whether dilatation or volvulus occurs first. The stomach twists around the longitudinal axis of the digestive tract, also known as volvulus. The most common...

admission to hospital. Causes of bowel obstruction include adhesions, hernias, volvulus, endometriosis, inflammatory bowel disease, appendicitis, tumors, diverticulitis...

Mansonella streptocerca, and Onchocerca volvulus. These worms occupy the layer just under the skin. O. volvulus causes river blindness. Serous cavity filariasis...

Acute midgut volvulus Chronic midgut volvulus Acute duodenal obstruction Chronic duodenal obstruction Short bowel syndrome, in cases of volvulus with intestinal...

Kennel Club survey were cancer (31%), old age (13%), gastric dilatation volvulus (11%), and cardiac (8%). Information from veterinary data found the prevalence...

Xyleborus volvulus is a species of typical bark beetles in the family Curculionidae. It is found in North America. Xyleborus volvulus beetles are found...

parasitic infection caused by the roundworm species Onchocerca volvulus. The larvae of O. volvulus enter a human host when an infected female adult fly from...

hematochezia. Volvulus occurs when a portion of the bowel twists around its mesentery, which can lead to obstruction and infarction. Volvulus in the elderly...

These include abdominal pain, torsion of the bowel (transverse colon volvulus) or shortness of breath. The exact cause is not always known, but it may...

swallowing and chest pains. Complications may include iron deficiency anemia, volvulus, or bowel obstruction. The most common risk factors are obesity and older...

1781) Synonyms Cacostola nitida Dillon & Dillon, 1946 Cerambyx volvulus Gmelin, 1790 Saperda volvula Blackwelder, 1946 Saperda volvulus Fabricius, 1781...

mixed-breeds. The Dobermann is also predisposed to gastric dilatation volvulus. A study of 295 cases in America found 6.1% of cases to belong to the Dobermann...

deep-chested breeds, the Rhodesian Ridgeback is prone to gastric dilatation volvulus, commonly known as bloat. This is a potentially fatal condition that requires...

Cyclophorus volvulus is a species of gastropods belonging to the family Cyclophoridae. The species inhabits terrestrial environments. "WoRMS - World Register...

8%. A review of 1,934 cases of dogs presenting for gastric dilatation volvulus (GDV) found the Old English Sheepdog to be predisposed, with an odds ratio...

Phyllomya volvulus is a species of fly in the family Tachinidae. British Isles, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Ukraine...

susceptibility to demodicosis, ectropion, entropion, gastric dilatation volvulus (bloat), hypothyroidism, idiopathic epilepsy, mycotic otitis and nictitans...

One study found the Rottweiler to be prediposed to gastric dilatation volvulus. However another study did not find a predisposition. The Rottweiler is...

duodenal atresia, duodenal web, annular pancreas, or on occasion midgut volvulus, a distinction that requires close clinical correlation and, in most cases...

ulcerative colitis, microscopic colitis Obstruction: hernia, intussusception, volvulus, post-surgical adhesions, tumors, severe constipation, hemorrhoids Vascular:...

by something outside of the vessel causing it to narrow (e.g., tumor, volvulus, or hernia), ruptured by trauma causing a loss of blood pressure downstream...

procedure is often performed for patients presenting with gastric dilatation volvulus in which a wide-bore trocar is passed through the skin into the stomach...

Binomial name Chalcosyrphus valgus (Gmelin, 1790) Synonyms Musca valga Gmelin, 1790 Syrphus volvulus Fabricius, 1794 Zelima sapporoensis Shiraki, 1930...

PEGs may also be inserted to decompress the stomach in cases of gastric volvulus. Gastrostomy may be indicated in numerous situations, usually those in...

hypertensive gastropathy Gastric antral vascular ectasia Gastric dumping syndrome Gastric volvulus Buried bumper syndrome Gastrinoma Zollinger–Ellison syndrome...

filariasis in humans. The other two are Mansonella streptocerca and Onchocerca volvulus (causes river blindness). Maturing larvae and adults of the "eye worm"...