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| Last updated (26 October 2003) |
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This is a dynamic CT scan through the mid to lower abdomen. The patient appears obese. We can see the contrast agent increasing the density in the blood vessels in the retroperitoneum and in the wall of the intestine. I cannot read the patients name or the date of birth, but the scan was performed in June 2003.
The patient is obese, as seen from the thickness of the fat. The small bowel is distended with fluid and gas, in keeping with intestinal obstruction.
There is an unusual density sitting in the anterior distended small bowel loop. This has more the appearance of something lying in the lumen of the bowel than something growing from the wall of the bowel into the lumen.
The patient is supine, this is the usual position for abdominal CT scans, moreover, the gas/fluid level in the small intestine is horizontal with the gas uppermost indicating that the patients front is uppermost.
There is no evidence of an aneurysm on this image.
The appearance in the patient left loin is due to small bowel distended with fluid. The left kidney is usually superior to this level.
