Courtesy of Intermountain Medical Imaging, Boise, Idaho.
Figure 1 shows a normal abdomen. Figure 2 shows air trapped in the bowels because gas, fluids, or solids cannot move through the bowels normally.
Medical Review:Paul D. Traughber, MD - Radiology
Kenneth B. Sutherland, CD, BSc, MD, FRCPC - Diagnostic Radiology
Kenneth B. Sutherland, CD, BSc, MD, FRCPC - Diagnostic Radiology
Last Updated: 01/19/2007
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