Ileo: Radiografía de la distensión intestinal
Esta radiografía abdominal muestra el engrosamiento de la pared intestinal y la hinchazón (distensión) provocados por una obstrucción intestinal. El paciente fue sometido a un procedimiento que se conoce como serie GI superior, para el cual ingirió un medio de contraste (bario) que es visible en los rayos X.
Revision
Last reviewed 7/25/2012 by Jacob L. Heller, MD, MHA, Emergency Medicine, Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, Washington; and Joshua Kunin, MD, Consulting Colorectal Surgeon, Zichron Yaakov, Israel. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M. Health Solutions, Ebix, Inc.
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