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View larger version (88K): [in this window] [in a new window]   Figure 1. Seven days before admission, nausea and crampy abdominal pain developed in a 65-year-old woman with a history of cholecystitis and cholelithiasis. Two days before admission, the pain became more intense, and she vomited, had no bowel movements, and passed no gas. A posteroanterior radiograph obtained during a barium examination of the small bowel shows an irregular collection of barium in the right upper quadrant (Panel A, arrowheads), representing partial filling of the cystic duct. Both jejunum and ileum are markedly dilated, with dilution of the barium in a pattern consistent with small-bowel obstruction. There is abrupt termination . . . [Full Text of this Article]

 

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