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Abdominal X-ray of a bowel obstruction

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Abdominal X-ray of a bowel obstruction

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.

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Last Updated: 12/30/2008