The diagnosis of colonic obstruction on plain abdominal radiographs: start with the cecum, leave the rectum to last.
Wittenberg
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Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston 02114.
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000150:complications; D001004:Anus Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002432:Cecum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003108:Colonic Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D005740:Gases; D006801:Humans; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D012007:Rectum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000502:physiology; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000150:complications; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D005740:Gases