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PoodleLady
Abdominal x-ray help SM
Sat Sep 18, 2004 12:57

"There is no free air beneath the diaphragm. The bowel gas pattern appears abnormal, but nonspecific as there are some air-filled loops of small bowel in the left paramidline and lower abdomen. In view of (s/l erythema-in) in the colon, this may relate to gastroenteritis. Please correlate clinically. A regional ileus could also give a similar appearance."

Okay, I know that "erythema" cannot be seen on an abdominal x-ray, so I am clueless as to what this doctor is saying.