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IRSULA BALLAGA, Vladimir  e  OJEDA LOPEZ, Luis Alberto. Sigmoid volvulus in Chagas disease. MEDISAN [online]. 2011, vol.15, n.7, pp.1014-1017. ISSN 1029-3019.

The case report of a patient with the Chagas disease, to whom a volvulus of the sigmoid was diagnosed in "Señor de Malta" Hospital is described, located in the Bolivian territory of Valle Grande. He had a first surgical emergency due to that cause (Chagas´s megacolon) and after 4 months he was readmitted to close him the colostomy by means of an end to end anastomosis of the colon, with satisfactory result.

Palavras-chave : sigmoid volvulus; Chagas disease; Chagas megacolon; colostomy; surgical emergency; Bolivia.

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