Which of the following is the most probable diagnosis of this X ray abdomen?
Ans. (b) Multiple air fluid level- adhesions and bandsRef.: Manual of emergency medicine 5th ed/247* In X ray you can see that due to intestinal obstruction secondary to adhesions or bands, the loops^proximal to the point of obstruction will become dilated and fluid- filled and are usually greater than 2.5-3 cm in size* Absence of, or disproportionately smaller amount of, gas in the colon, especially the recto-sigmoid.* Loops of small bowel may arrange themselves in a step- ladder configuration from the left upper to the right lower quadrant in a distal SBO* Mostly fluid-filled loops of bowel may demonstrate a string-of-beads sign caused by the small amount of visible air in those loops
Gas under diaphragm- peritonitis
Multiple air fluid level- adhesions and bands
Bird beak - volvulus
Normal X ray PA view
Intestine