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An [[x-ray]] of the abdomen may be indicated for evaluation of intestinal obstruction or the presence of free intraperitoneal gas; the latter finding would imply that bowel perforation has already occurred. In some institutions, air [[enema]] is used for diagnosis as the same procedure can be used for treatment. | An [[x-ray]] of the abdomen may be indicated for evaluation of intestinal obstruction or the presence of free intraperitoneal gas; the latter finding would imply that bowel perforation has already occurred. In some institutions, air [[enema]] is used for diagnosis as the same procedure can be used for treatment. | ||
==X Ray Findings== | |||
===Plain film=== | |||
*May be normal | |||
*Dilated small bowel and absence of gas in the region of the cecum. | |||
*Occasionally, a mass impression within the colonic gas indicates an intraluminal mass created by the intussuscepting loop | |||
'''Patient #1''' | |||
[[Image:Intussusseption 1.jpg|left|300px|thumb|Direct graphy: Intussusception [http://www.peir.net Image courtesy of Professor Peter Anderson DVM PhD and published with permission © PEIR, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Department of Pathology].]] | |||
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Overview
An x-ray of the abdomen may be indicated for evaluation of intestinal obstruction or the presence of free intraperitoneal gas; the latter finding would imply that bowel perforation has already occurred. In some institutions, air enema is used for diagnosis as the same procedure can be used for treatment.
X Ray Findings
Plain film
- May be normal
- Dilated small bowel and absence of gas in the region of the cecum.
- Occasionally, a mass impression within the colonic gas indicates an intraluminal mass created by the intussuscepting loop
Patient #1