title: [A 90-year-old woman with acute abdomen].
abstract: Bowel strangulation is defined as mechanical obstruction associated with compromised blood circulation of the bowel wall. Delayed diagnosis and treatment are the main causes of the high mortality. A 90-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital with acute abdominal pain. Plain abdominal x-ray studies were inconclusive. However, bowel strangulation was suggested by computer tomography and the diagnosis was confirmed under the laparotomy. In the case of bowel strangulation, abdominal CT is a fast, reliable and useful diagnostic tool when imaging is considered necessary before a laparotomy.
authors.affiliation: Kirurgisk klinikk, gastrokirurgisk seksjon, Stavanger Universitetssjukehus, Helse Stavanger HF, Postboks 8100, 4068 Stavanger. christoph@ansorge.no
authors.forename: Christoph
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ansorge
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schubert
authors.forename: Ole Jacob
authors.initials: OJ
authors.lastname: Greve
authors.forename: Jon Arne
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Søreide
mesh_terms: D000006:Abdomen, Acute / Q000175:diagnosis*; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D045823:Ileus / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed