Abdominal X-Ray of a Bowel Obstruction
Current as of: March 28, 2019
Author: Healthwise Staff
Medical Review:Adam Husney, MD – Family Medicine & Martin J. Gabica, MD – Family Medicine & Howard B. Schaff, MD – Diagnostic Radiology
Courtesy of Intermountain Medical Imaging, Boise, Idaho. Figure 1 shows a normal abdomen. Figure 2 shows air trapped in the bowels because gas, fluids, or solids can’t move through the bowels normally.