Large Bowel Obstruction in the Emergency Department: Imaging Spectrum of Common and Uncommon Causes

Although large bowel obstruction (LBO) is less common than small bowel obstruction, it is associated with high morbidity and mortality due to delayed diagnosis and/or treatment. Plain radiographs are sufficient to diagnose LBO in a majority of patients. However, further evaluation with multidetector...

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Autores principales: Ramanathan, Subramaniyan, Ojili, Vijayanadh, Vassa, Ravi, Nagar, Arpit
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2017
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Review Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5404618/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28480123
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jcis.JCIS_6_17
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author Ramanathan, Subramaniyan
Ojili, Vijayanadh
Vassa, Ravi
Nagar, Arpit
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description Although large bowel obstruction (LBO) is less common than small bowel obstruction, it is associated with high morbidity and mortality due to delayed diagnosis and/or treatment. Plain radiographs are sufficient to diagnose LBO in a majority of patients. However, further evaluation with multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) has become the standard of care to identify the site, severity, and etiology of obstruction. In this comprehensive review, we illustrate the various causes of LBO emphasizing the role of MDCT in the initial diagnosis and detection of complications along with the tips to differentiate from disease which can mimic LBO.
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spelling pubmed-54046182017-05-05 Large Bowel Obstruction in the Emergency Department: Imaging Spectrum of Common and Uncommon Causes Ramanathan, Subramaniyan Ojili, Vijayanadh Vassa, Ravi Nagar, Arpit J Clin Imaging Sci Review Article Although large bowel obstruction (LBO) is less common than small bowel obstruction, it is associated with high morbidity and mortality due to delayed diagnosis and/or treatment. Plain radiographs are sufficient to diagnose LBO in a majority of patients. However, further evaluation with multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) has become the standard of care to identify the site, severity, and etiology of obstruction. In this comprehensive review, we illustrate the various causes of LBO emphasizing the role of MDCT in the initial diagnosis and detection of complications along with the tips to differentiate from disease which can mimic LBO. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2017-04-05 /pmc/articles/PMC5404618/ /pubmed/28480123 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jcis.JCIS_6_17 Text en Copyright: © 2017 Journal of Clinical Imaging Science http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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Large Bowel Obstruction in the Emergency Department: Imaging Spectrum of Common and Uncommon Causes
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5404618/
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