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*Intestine folded over itself - typically leads to ischemia. | *Intestine folded over itself - typically leads to ischemia. | ||
Radiology | ===Radiology=== | ||
*In the context sigmoid volvulus - may be described as having ''coffee bean sign''.<ref name=pmid18559802>{{Cite journal | last1 = Lee | first1 = YS. | last2 = Lee | first2 = WJ. | title = Coffee-bean sign. | journal = CMAJ | volume = 178 | issue = 13 | pages = 1657 | month = Jun | year = 2008 | doi = 10.1503/cmaj.071760 | PMID = 18559802 }}</ref> | *In the context sigmoid volvulus - may be described as having ''coffee bean sign''.<ref name=pmid18559802>{{Cite journal | last1 = Lee | first1 = YS. | last2 = Lee | first2 = WJ. | title = Coffee-bean sign. | journal = CMAJ | volume = 178 | issue = 13 | pages = 1657 | month = Jun | year = 2008 | doi = 10.1503/cmaj.071760 | PMID = 18559802 }}</ref> | ||
**The "coffee bean" is: large bowel folded over itself and twisted in away that creates two compartments.<ref name=pmid20436903>{{Cite journal | last1 = Moseley | first1 = BD. | last2 = Bhagra | first2 = A. | title = The coffee bean sign. | journal = Int J Emerg Med | volume = 2 | issue = 4 | pages = 267-8 | month = Nov | year = 2009 | doi = 10.1007/s12245-009-0134-7 | PMID = 20436903 }}</ref> | **The "coffee bean" is: large bowel folded over itself and twisted in away that creates two compartments.<ref name=pmid20436903>{{Cite journal | last1 = Moseley | first1 = BD. | last2 = Bhagra | first2 = A. | title = The coffee bean sign. | journal = Int J Emerg Med | volume = 2 | issue = 4 | pages = 267-8 | month = Nov | year = 2009 | doi = 10.1007/s12245-009-0134-7 | PMID = 20436903 }}</ref> | ||