Colo-Rectal

Last updated (26 October 2003)

Distended Colon Click on the image to download a larger version
The clinicians were convinced about the diagnosis of toxic colitis, neither CT scanning nor colonsocpy were performed and the patient brought to theater.
What does this intra-operative image show?
Normal colon
Tumour of the transverse colon
Transverse colon grossly distended with gas
Volvulus of the transverse colon
The greater omentum has been separated from the trasnverse colon
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Adrian P. Ireland