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Article: "Small bowel feces sign" - a ct sign in small bowel obstruction.(Abdominal)
- Article from:
- Indian Journal of Radiology and Imaging
- Article date:
- January 1, 2006
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Byline: J. Singh, R. Kumar, A. Kalyanpur
Introduction
Small bowel obstruction is a common cause of abdominal emergency. Diagnosis helps effective management and prevents complications. CT is an effective tool in evaluation of small bowel obstruction. The small bowel feces sign is a finding observed in small bowel obstruction on Helical CT [6]. It is defined as presence of feces like material in the lumen of dilated loops of small bowel proximal to the site of obstruction. This section will illustrate the small bowel feces sign with examples
Discussion
Small bowel obstruction is a common cause of acute abdomen. It accounts for ...