Small bowel obstruction

Case contributed by Aditya Shetty
Diagnosis certain

Presentation

Pain in abdomen; history of previous abdominal surgery.

Patient Data

Age: 30 years
Gender: Male
x-ray
Frontal
Frontal
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Info
  • dilated bowel loops
  • multiple air-fluid levels mainly in the center of the abdomen
 

Case Discussion

Small bowel obstruction probably due to adhesion from previous surgery.

Adhesion accounts for a mechanical cause of obstruction.

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