VOLVULUS OF THE TRANSVERSE COLON - A RARE FORM OF INTESTINAL-OBSTRUCTION

Volvulus of the transverse colon is rare, given its short and fixed me sentery and the normal fixation of the hepatic and splenic flexures of the colon. The case reported herein brings the total of reported case s to 72. Various predisposing factors have been identified, most notab ly congenital abnormalities, physiologic disturbances and mechanical o bstruction; in our case these three factors were present. The possible role of colonoscopy in diagnosis and/or therapy is unclear. In our pa tient, colonoscopy proved to be of no use for diagnosis or treatment.