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Backwash ileitis is represented by chronic mild inflammatory changes of the terminal ileum due to reflux of cecal material through an incontinent ileocecal valve (spillover phenomenon). Backwash ileitis is commonly associated with ulcerative colitis. Bascule cecum (seesaw cecum) is a type of cecal volvulus characterized by the rotation of the cecum anterior to the ascending colon (type I cecal volvulus). Type II cecal volvulus occurs when the distended cecum rotates into the left upper quadrant with an overall “kidney-shaped” cecum.
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Paolantonio, P., Dromain, C. (2014). B. In: Imaging of Small Bowel, Colon and Rectum. A-Z Notes in Radiological Practice and Reporting. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-5489-9_2
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