Figure 12 - Mesenteroaxial volvulus.
From the following article
Peter J. Kahrilas and John E. Pandolfino
GI Motility online (2006)
doi:10.1038/gimo48
The axis of rotation is along the mesenteric attachment, much the same as is seen with sigmoid colon volvulus. (Source: Modified from Peridikis G, Hinder RA. Paraesophageal hiatal hernia. In: Nyhus LM, Condon RE, eds. Hernia. Philadelphia: JB Lippincott, 1995:544.)
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