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. 2012 Apr;8(4):274-6.

Chilaiditi syndrome complicated by a closed-loop small bowel obstruction

David A Mateo de Acosta Andino, Corinne M Aberle, Laura Ragauskaite, Gaith Khair, Andrew Streicher, Jennifer Bartholomew, Daniel Kacey

Chilaiditi syndrome complicated by a closed-loop small bowel obstruction

David A Mateo de Acosta Andino et al. Gastroenterol Hepatol (N Y). 2012 Apr.
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Figure 1
Computed tomography scans with contrast showing loops of small bowel between the dome of the liver and diaphragm, with a subsequent, abrupt change in the caliber of the bowel. Figure 1A shows a loop of small bowel located between the liver and the abdominal wall. Figure 1B shows the incarcerated small bowel loop and the hepatic flexure of the colon between the liver and the abdominal wall. Figure 1C shows the transverse colon interposed between the liver and the abdominal wall. The arrow points to an area of fat stranding in the mesentery. C=colon; L=liver; RK=right kidney; S=stomach; SB=small bowel.
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