On Call Radiology - common radiology findings on call and in the Emergency Room and during the nightshift

Chapter: Abdomen (Read entire chapter)

Subchapter: Obstruction

Diagnosis: Pneumatosis

Pneumatosis in transverse colon: air is seen within the bowel wall. You can differentiate intraluminal air from bowel wall air, if you see air within the dependent prortions of the bowel wall. Air rises - if it's within the bowel wall it can't! On supine plain films air in the bowel wall might also appear as speckled air lucencies. One etiology is bowel obstruction - as in this case. This patient has a small bowel obstruction.

Incidental note is also made of bilateral large renal calculi.

Obstruction (Pneumatosis - Plain film, Radiograph, CT, Computed tomography)

Abdomen: Pneumatosis

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