Ogilvie syndrome x ray

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Ahmed Elsaiey, MBBCH [2]

Overview

On abdominal x-ray, Ogilvie syndrome is associtated with dilated bowel with air-filled colon and normal haustral markings.

X Ray

• Abdominal x-ray is important in diagnosis of bowel obstruction generally.
• The x-ray findings in the cases of colonic pseudoobstruction is identical to the findings in mechanical obstruction. The x-ray findings include the following:
  • Dilated bowel with air-filled colon with no mechanical cause.
  • Normal haustral markings.

Case courtesy of <a href="https://radiopaedia.org/">Radiopaedia.org</a>. From the case <a href="https://radiopaedia.org/cases/11684">rID: 11684</a>