Case reports
The 12 case reports since 1992 are summarised in Table 1
and include three cases of volvulus in pregnancy causing
SBO (25%), one case of an internal hernia (8%), one case
of ileal pouch compression (8%), one case of a mesenteric
band (8%) and six cases of adhesional SBO (50%). One
case of SBO occurred in the first trimester, five cases in the
second trimester and six cases in the third trimester. Various
imaging studies were performed to diagnose SBO.
Four patients (33%) had an abdominal x-ray, ten (83%)
had ultrasonography of the abdomen, four (33%) had MRI
of the abdomen and three (25%) had CT of the abdomen/
pelvis.