This etiology comprises approximately 29% of cases of gastric volvulus.

The nonoperative mortality rate for gastric volvulus is reportedly as high as 80%.

Gas bloat syndrome, a surgery complication (see also Gastric volvulus)

PEGs may also be inserted to decompress the stomach in cases of gastric volvulus.

In early November 1993, Reveille V underwent emergency surgery for gastric volvulus, which causes an animal's stomach to twist out of place.

Organoaxial type In an organoaxial gastric volvulus, the stomach rotates around an axis that connects the gastroesophageal junction and the pylorus.

Type 2 gastric volvulus is found in one third of patients and is usually associated with congenital or acquired abnormalities that result in abnormal mobility of the stomach.

Type 1 Idiopathic gastric volvulus comprises two thirds of cases and is presumably due to abnormal laxity of the gastrosplenic, gastroduodenal, gastrophrenic, and gastrohepatic ligaments.

Gastric volvulus or volvulus of stomach a twisting of all or part of the stomach by more than 180 degrees with obstruction of the flow of material through the stomach, variable loss of blood supply and possible tissue death.

The classic triad of gastric volvulus, described by Borchardt in 1904, consists of severe epigastric pain, retching without vomiting, inability to pass a nasogastric tube and sometimes severe pain at the top of left shoulder, this may be due to internal bleeding irritating the diaphragm upon respiration.

Hypoglycemia can also be present, and initially may may be confused with seizure disorders, insulin-secreting pancreatic tumor (insulinoma), food poisoning, parvovirus enteritis, gastric volvulus, spinal or joint problems, earning Addison's disease the nicknames of "the Great Mimic" and "the Great Imitator".