Emergency management of an uncommon abdominal pain

Answer From the question on page 925 After correlation with the patient's clinical physical examination, the abdominal radiograph suggested a circumscribed mass shadow due to encapsulated small-bowel loops in the left abdomen but the film was still non-specific to make a diagnosis.

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Published inGut Vol. 59; no. 7; p. 925
Main Authors Lu, Chia-Hung, Chang, Tung-Cheng, Lai, Pen-Shen, Hsieh, Hong-Jen, Liu, Kao-Lang
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and British Society of Gastroenterology 01.07.2010
BMJ Publishing Group LTD
Subjects
Abdomen
abdominal pain
Abdominal Pain - etiology
abdominal surgery
Aged
Duodenal Diseases - complications
Duodenal Diseases - diagnostic imaging
Emergencies
Hernia, Abdominal - complications
Hernia, Abdominal - diagnostic imaging
Hernias
Humans
Internal hernia
Intestinal Obstruction - complications
Intestinal Obstruction - diagnostic imaging
Male
Mortality
Pain
paraduodenal hernia
radiology
small bowel obstruction
small intestine
Strangulation
Tomography
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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Summary:Answer From the question on page 925 After correlation with the patient's clinical physical examination, the abdominal radiograph suggested a circumscribed mass shadow due to encapsulated small-bowel loops in the left abdomen but the film was still non-specific to make a diagnosis.
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