Abdominal pain in a young girl

A 14-year-old girl was admitted to our hospital with peri-umbilical pain associated with obstipation and vomiting. Plain erect X-rays of the abdomen revealed multiple air fluid levels. A supine X-ray is shown in this figure.

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Published in:	Postgraduate medical journal Vol. 72; no. 844; pp. 123 - 125
Main Authors:	Handa, R., Chirukpalli, R., Agarwal, S., Mukhopadhyaya, S., Gupta, R., Sood, R., Meena, H. S., Wali, J. P.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	London The Fellowship of Postgraduate Medicine 01-02-1996 BMJ Oxford University Press BMJ Group
Subjects:	Abdominal Pain - diagnostic imaging Abdominal Pain - etiology Adolescent Biological and medical sciences Female Gastroenterology. Liver. Pancreas. Abdomen Humans Medical sciences Other diseases. Semiology Pneumatosis Cystoides Intestinalis - complications Pneumatosis Cystoides Intestinalis - diagnostic imaging Radiography Stomach. Duodenum. Small intestine. Colon. Rectum. Anus Human Case study Pain Pneumatosis Adolescent Gut Digestive diseases Intestinal disease Female Diagnosis Abdomen
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Summary:	A 14-year-old girl was admitted to our hospital with peri-umbilical pain associated with obstipation and vomiting. Plain erect X-rays of the abdomen revealed multiple air fluid levels. A supine X-ray is shown in this figure.
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ISSN:	0032-5473 1469-0756
DOI:	10.1136/pgmj.72.844.123