Author(s)

Traoré Amadou^1*, Konaté Madiassa¹, Diarra Abdoulaye², Tounkara Idrissa¹, Saye Zakari¹, Doumbia Arouna¹, Bah Amadou¹, Sidibé Boubacar Yoro¹, Maïga Amadou¹, Koné Tani¹, Thiam Souleymane¹, Karembé Boubacar³, Kelly Bouréima¹, Traoré Kadia³, Kéita Koniba², Bouaré Yacouba¹, Koné Assitan², Diakité Ibrahim¹, Diakité Ibrahim¹, Dembélé Bakary Tientigui¹, Traoré Alhassane¹, Togo Adégné¹

¹General Surgery Department, Gabriel Touré University Hospital, Bamako, Mali.
²Surgery Department, Kati University Hospital, Kati, Mali.
³Reference Health Center of Commune III, Bamako, Mali.

Synchronous transverse and sigmoid colon volvulus are very rare. We report the case of a 23-year-old man who underwent emergency surgery for sigmoid colon volvulus. An intraoperative finding of transverse colon volvulus associated with sigmoid colon volvulus was made. Left and transverse colectomy was performed followed by colorectal anastomosis. The postoperative period was uneventful. Synchronous volvulus of the transverse and sigmoid colon is a surgical emergency. The clinical signs are not specific and the discovery is often intraoperative. It is necessary to know how to evoke the diagnosis in a case of sigmoid colon volvulus, to avoid inadequate management with dramatic consequences.

Volvulus, Synchronous, Colon, Sigmoid, Transverse, Surgery, Mali

Amadou, T. , Madiassa, K. , Abdoulaye, D. , Idrissa, T. , Zakari, S. , Arouna, D. , Amadou, B. , Yoro, S. , Amadou, M. , Tani, K. , Souleymane, T. , Boubacar, K. , Bouréima, K. , Kadia, T. , Koniba, K. , Yacouba, B. , Assitan, K. , Ibrahim, D. , Ibrahim, D. , Tientigui, D. , Alhassane, T. and Adégné, T. (2021) Synchronous Volvulus of the Sigmoid Colon and the Transverse Colon: A Case Report at Gabriel Toure University Hospital in Mali. Surgical Science, 12, 313-318. doi: 10.4236/ss.2021.129032.