The bulbous bowel segment: a sign of congenital small bowel obstruction.
A study of 29 neonates with intestinal obstruction has shown that a massively dilated, bulbous terminal segment of bowel is characteristic of neonatal infestinal obstruction of congenital origin. The sign is an important diagnostic indicator but its absence does not exclude intestinal atresia.
D004108:Dilatation, Pathologic; D006801:Humans; D007077:Ileal Diseases / Q000151:congenital / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D007082:Ileum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000151:congenital / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000002:abnormalities; D007579:Jejunal Diseases / Q000151:congenital / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D007583:Jejunum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008470:Meconium; D011859:Radiography; D012189:Retrospective Studies