Presentation
Acute abdominal pain.
Patient Data
Age: 65 years
Gender: Male
Note: This case has been tagged as "legacy" as it no longer meets image preparation and/or other case publication guidelines.
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Diffuse bowel wall thickening is seen with hypovascular mesentery, as a likely sequela of closed loop obstruction.
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At laparotomy, the small bowel was congested and deemed to be unsalvageable.
Acknowledgement - thanks to surgery team of Yashomati hospitals, Dr Girish and Dr Prabhakar for contributing these excellent intraoperative images.
Case Discussion
This case shows characteristic pre-op and post-op characteristics of ischemic bowel disease.