MDCT of Small Bowel Obstruction: How Reliable Are Oblique Reformatted Images in Localizing Point of Transition?

Figure 2

CT scan of 48-year-old female with acute abdominal pain. (a) Axial and coronal CT images obtained with intravenous contrast agents show dilated small-bowel loops (red arrow heads and green circles). (b) Oblique reformation shows dilated small-bowel loops with a transition point (green arrow) in the midabdomen. Multiple small mesenteric lymph nodes also visualized (yellow circles).

(a) Multiple dilated small-bowel loops collapsed thickened loops in right iliac fossa (red arrow and green circles)

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