Transverse colonic volvulus in a 16-year-old female with congenital myotonic dystrophy: A case report

Transverse colonic accounts for 2-4% of all forms of colonic volvulus and has its highest mortality rate (33) [1-3]. Only forty cases of pediatric transverse colonic volvulus have been reported in the literature to date [4]. We report on a 16-year-old female with congenital myotonic dystrophy who underwent operative repair for transverse colonic volvulus, the first reported case of these two entities in combination. (C) 2015 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).