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Closed loop bowel obstruction
Contributed by Mostafa Elfeky
On CT, the presence of two adjacent transition points is consistent with closed loop bowel obstruction, known as double beak sign. It needs urgent surgical intervention as it is usually associated with bowel ischemia.
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