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Case Reports
. 2010 Jun;10(3):296-8.
doi: 10.7861/clinmedicine.10-3-296.

Subacute small bowel obstruction due to diaphragm disease

Alexey Chernolesskiy  1 , Sandro Lanzon-Miller, Fjona Hill, Talib Al-Mishlab, Yi Thway
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Case Reports

Subacute small bowel obstruction due to diaphragm disease

Alexey Chernolesskiy et al. Clin Med (Lond). 2010 Jun.

Abstract

Diaphragm disease occurs in 2% of chronic non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug users and occasionally may cause subacute small bowel obstruction.

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Figures

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Fig 1.
Dilated proximal small bowel seen on computed tomography.
Fig 2.
Fig 2.
Resected small bowel with stricture visible as a local narrowing in the external diameter.
Fig 3.
Fig 3.
Thickened muscularis mucosae with splaying of the muscle fibres and fibrotic submucosa. The muscularis propria is seen in the bottom right corner (Haematoxylin and eosin, ×20).
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