CT Case 066
A 71-year-old presents with vomiting and abdominal pain and inability to open his bowels. This was preceded by three days of diarrhoea.
Tag Small bowel obstruction
Abdominal CT: closed loop
Abdominal CT: closed loop obstruction. Identifying closed loop small bowel obstruction from adhesions, hernia or volvulus
Abdominal CT: small bowel obstruction
Abdominal CT: small bowel obstruction. Diagnosing small bowel obstruction examining bowel dilatation, transition point and faecalisation
Small bowel obstruction DDx
Key radiological features of small bowel obstruction are dilated bowel loops that are central, contain valvulae conniventes, and are pliable (“bent finger”).
collective crises…
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