Small bowel

Changed by Henry Knipe, 31 May 2014

Updates to Article Attributes

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The small bowel (or small intestine) is the section of bowel between the stomach and the colon. It has distinctive mucosal folds, valvulae conniventes, and is made up of three functional units:

Radiographic features

Fluoroscopy

See main article: barium studies of small bowel

Related pathology

  • -<li><a title="Jejunum" href="/articles/jejunum">jejunum</a></li>
  • +<li><a href="/articles/jejunum">jejunum</a></li>
  • -</ul><h5>Related pathology</h5><ul><li><a href="/articles/small-bowel-obstruction">small bowel obstruction</a></li></ul>
  • +</ul><h4>Radiographic features</h4><h5>Fluoroscopy</h5><p>See main article: <a title="Barium studies of small bowel" href="/articles/barium-studies-of-small-bowel">barium studies of small bowel</a>. </p><h4>Related pathology</h4><ul>
  • +<li><a href="/articles/small-bowel-obstruction">small bowel obstruction</a></li>
  • +<li><a title="Small bowel ischaemia" href="/articles/small-bowel-ischaemia">small bowel ischaemia</a></li>
  • +<li><a title="Adenocarcinoma of the small bowel" href="/articles/adenocarcinoma-of-the-small-bowel">small bowel adenocarcinoma</a></li>
  • +<li><a title="Small bowel lymphoma" href="/articles/small-bowel-lymphoma-1">small bowel lymphoma</a></li>
  • +<li><a title="Diffuse small bowel disease" href="/articles/diffuse-small-bowel-disease">diffuse small bowel disease</a></li>
  • +</ul>
Images Changes:

Image ( update )

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Case 3 -: small bowel obstruction

Image 1 Barium (Frontal) ( update )

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Case 1 -: normal small bowel meal

Image 2 Barium ( update )

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Case 2 -: normal small bowel barium study (annotated)

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