Volvulus is a condition that occurs when your bowel (which makes up your small intestine, colon, and rectum) twists around itself, causing a bowel blockage. This twist can block blood flow to the ...

A birth defect in which several parts of the small intestine are too narrow to function. Volvulus. In this condition, the intestine is twisted around itself. It can be a birth defect.

Abnormal bowel twisting or volvulus occurs when a region of the small intestine or the colon twists. The intestine can twist around the tissues that hold it in place, or it can rotate around itself.