Woman who had agonizing stomach pain and a bloated belly had a twisted colon, or sigmoid volvulus. Doctors had to untwist it ...

Colon volvulus is an abnormal twisting ... However, below the twist, blood-starved tissue can die or tear, creating a life-threatening medical emergency. Prompt diagnosis is important. Testing for ...

Design In this single-centre case–control study, sigmoid colon biopsies were obtained from patients with ... with no difference between samples from inflamed versus non-inflamed tissue. By contrast, ...