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Neonatal acute gastric volvulus
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A 5 day old baby boy with persistent bilious vomiting was referred to our neonatal unit. He passed normal stools and his abdomen was soft and non-tender. A plain radiograph of the chest and abdomen (fig 1) showed that the dome of the left diaphragm was elevated, suggesting eventration. The oesophagus was dilated, a gastric air shadow could be seen …