CT of the abdomen and pelvis

From radlines.org
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Author: Mikael Häggström [notes 1]

Small intestine

On CT scans, a small intestinal diameter of over 2.5 cm is considered abnormally dilated.[1][2][3]

References

  1. Ali Nawaz Khan (2016-09-22). Small-Bowel Obstruction Imaging. Medscape. Retrieved on 2017-02-07.
  2. . Abdominal X-ray - Abnormal bowel gas pattern. radiologymasterclass.co.uk. Retrieved on 2017-02-07.
  3. Gazelle, G S; Goldberg, M A; Wittenberg, J; Halpern, E F; Pinkney, L; Mueller, P R (1994). "Efficacy of CT in distinguishing small-bowel obstruction from other causes of small-bowel dilatation. ". American Journal of Roentgenology 162 (1): 43–47. doi:10.2214/ajr.162.1.8273687. ISSN 0361-803X. 


Cite error: <ref> tags exist for a group named "notes", but no corresponding <references group="notes"/> tag was found, or a closing </ref> is missing