TY - JOUR T1 - Transverse colon volvulus in a patient with sickle cell disease JF - BMJ Case Reports JO - BMJ Case Reports DO - 10.1136/bcr-2018-228863 VL - 12 IS - 3 SP - e228863 AU - Hussain Adnan Abdulla AU - Eman Hamza AU - Ali Dhaif Y1 - 2019/03/01 UR - http://casereports.bmj.com/content/12/3/e228863.abstract N2 - Although colonic volvulus is a relatively rare cause of large bowel obstruction, accounting for up to 5% of all cases of intestinal obstruction, transverse colon volvulus is extremely uncommon compared with volvulus of the sigmoid colon or caecum and is responsible for only 3% of all reported cases. We report an unusual case of spontaneous volvulus of the transverse colon in a young man with sickle cell disease who underwent resection with primary anastamosis. Having a high index of suspicion and early operative intervention allowed for this patient to have an uneventful postoperative course. ER -