Volvulus

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Volvulus is a benign colonic pathology.

General

  • Uncommonly comes to pathology.
  • It is essentially a radiologic diagnosis.
  • In the context of autopsy, it is a gross diagnosis.

Gross

  • Intestine folded over itself - typically leads to ischemia.

Images

Microscopic

Features:

DDx - essentially anything that causes ischemia:

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RECTOSIGMOID, RESECTION:
- MURAL ISCHEMIA WITH PERFORATION, SEROSITIS, MICROABSCESS FORMATION AND POORLY FORMED PSEUDOMEMBRANES.
- SUBMUCOSAL FIBROSIS.
- NEGATIVE FOR MALIGNANCY.

COMMENT:
The findings are consistent with volvulus and the submucosal fibrosis suggests this may have been recurrent.

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