Small bowel faeces sign

Small-Bowel Feces Sign in Small Bowel Obstruction

Address for Correspondence: Linda Pantongrag-Brown, M.D., AIMC, Ramathibodi Hospital, Bangkok 10400, Thailand. The small-bowel feces sign is a finding found at CT of the abdomen. It is defined by the presence of fecal-like material mixed with gas bubbles in the dilated lumen of the small intestine, usually seen prior to the point of obstruction. It is the result of delayed small-bowel transit t...

“Whirl Sign” of Primary Small Bowel Volvulus

Supervising Section Editor: Sean O. Henderson, MD Submission history: Submitted January 12, 2014; Revision received January 21, 2014; Accepted April 2, 2014 Electronically published May 12, 2014 Full text available through open access at http://escholarship.org/uc/uciem_westjem DOI: 10.5811/westjem.2014.4.20679 [West J Emerg Med. 2014;15(4):359–360.] University of the Ryukyus, Department of Inf...

Whirl sign in small bowel volvulus.

DESCRIPTION A 43-year-old man without previous abdominal operations came to the hospital due to sudden onset abdominal pain and vomiting. His abdomen was soft. Laboratory data confirmed leukocytosis and severe acidosis (pH 7.16). Abdominal CT revealed a twist of mesentery around the axis of the superior mesenteric artery (figure 1) and poor contrast-enhanced bowel loops (figure 2). Emergent lap...

[Value of the small bowel feces sign at CT in adhesive small bowel obstruction].

PURPOSE The purpose of this study is to describe the CT features of the small bowel feces sign and to determine its value as a positive criteria of non-severity in adhesive small bowel obstruction. MATERIALS AND METHODS We performed a retrospective study of adhesive small bowel obstructions diagnosed by CT from January 2001 to December 2002. All CT examinations featuring a small bowel feces s...

Prevalence and meaning of "Small Bowel Feces Sign" in small bowel obstruction