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Small bowel ischemia on plain abdominal film
Small bowel ischemia on plain abdominal film
A plain radiograph of the abdomen demonstrates distended featureless loops of small bowel with wall thickening (arrow) and separation of the bowel loops. These findings are consistent with hemorrhage into the bowel wall secondary to ischemia.
Courtesy of Jonathan B Kruskal, MD, PhD.
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