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| Last updated (28 October 2003). |
This image shows a plain abdominal film.
The film is portable (marked in the left lower quadrant). Beside the mark that says portable is an L which denotes the patients left hand side. This indicates that the film is correctly orientated.
A naso-gastric (NG) tube is seen in upper abdomen, presumably in the stomach. The gas pattern in the bowel suggests that this film is supine as would be the case in the majority of portable films.
There is gross gaseous distension of the large bowel. This is most evident in the transverse and right colons. The descending colon is reduced in size in comparison to the transverse colon. However, there is no evidence of a transition zone and gas is seen all the way down the descending and sigmoid colons and in the rectum.
The hastral folds in the ascending and descending colons appear quick thickened as is seen when the folds are oedematous. Even though the transverse colon is markedly distended the haustral folds do not appear especially thicked.
There is no evidence of thumb printing.