Case: Abdomen radiograph #31939860
Abdomen Beginner
Read this radiograph systematically before revealing the answer. What is the main abnormality?
Image: Dr. med. Jürgen Belz via Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 de · source · resized and converted to WebP
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Answer: Foreign body (ingested or inserted)
What to look for in foreign body (ingested or inserted)
- Radiopaque object in the GI tract.
Description by the image author (may be in another language): Röntgenaufnahme vom Bauchraum (AP) einer 30-jährigen Frau, die eine Gabel verschluckt hatte. Im Kreiskrankenhaus Husum wurde sie per Laparatomie und Gastrotomie entfernt.
Educational case. The diagnosis comes from the image's documented source; the "what to look for" list describes the condition in general and is not a report of this individual image.
