Review Article

Transabdominal Ultrasonography of the Small Bowel

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(a) Gallstone ileus—oval reflex with acoustic shadow in dilated jejunum. Standard probe. (b) Intussusception of jejunum. High resolution probe. (c) Spontaneous jejunal haematoma—transverse view of thickened hypoechogenic jejunal loops with absence of vascularization (in CFD)—arrows. Dotted arrow point to small peritoneal fluid. Patient in the hypocoagulation state, high resolution probe. (d) Spontaneous bowel haematoma transverse section of thickened jejunal loops with preserved stratification and narrowed lumen in a patient with hemophilia—(arrows)—standard probe. (e) longitudinal view of thickened terminal ileum (TI) and Bauhin’s valve (arrow) with hypervascularisation of bowel wall (Yersinia ileocolitis)—high resolution probe. (f) Mesenterial lymphadenitis in the right iliac fossa in the same case—high resolution probe.
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