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Revista colombiana de Gastroenterología
Print version ISSN 0120-9957On-line version ISSN 2500-7440
Abstract
GOMEZ, Martín Alonso; RUIZ, Óscar Fernando and MARULANDA-FERNANDEZ, Hernando. Ball Valve syndrome caused by a colon polyp. Case report (with video). Rev. colomb. Gastroenterol. [online]. 2020, vol.35, n.4, pp.519-521. Epub July 12, 2021. ISSN 0120-9957. https://doi.org/10.22516/25007440.404.
Intestinal obstruction is a potentially lethal pathology, and its treatment is usually surgical. The following is the case of a patient with abdominal pain and recurrent intestinal obstruction, in whom a large pediculated polyp that caused partial obstruction by Ball valve effect was observed during a colonoscopy.
Keywords : Polyp; Ball Valve; Bowel obstruction; Polypectomy.