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Case #4 -
A 61 year old with crampy mid-abdominal pain

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:
3.) What diagnostic studies do you want to do?

Evaluation by imaging:

  • Flat and upright abdominal X-rays: dilated small bowel with decompressed colon, air fluid levels, rarely pneumatosis of bowel wall



  • CT scan: indicated if diagnosis still unclear or in cases of suspected malignant obstruction

 
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