QJM Advance Access originally published online on May 18, 2009
QJM 2009 102(11):815; doi:10.1093/qjmed/hcp054
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Small bowel volvulus and the whirl sign
Department of Emergency Medicine, National Yang-Ming University Hospital, Yi-lan, Taiwan
Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University and National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
Department of Emergency Medicine, National Taiwan University and National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan. email: b86401015@ntu.edu.tw
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A 64-year-old woman presented with a 6-h history of intermittent colicky abdominal pain to the emergency department. She complained of vomiting, loose stool and