Registrar Teaching - Surgical Emergencies
X-ray
Describe the abnormality.
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Dilated loops of small bowel with air fluid levels.
What is the diagnosis?
Small bowel obstruction.
Dilated loops of proximal small bowl with associated air fluid levels. Faecal material and gas within the large bowel. Findings are in keeping with either an early or subacute small bowel obstruction.