Abstract
Patients with trivial blunt abdominal trauma may present with isolated jejunal blow out (IJBO). A high index of suspicion is required as delayed presentation or delayed diagnosis may increase morbidity. Presentation with frank perforation peritonitis can be diagnosed by abdominal X-rays. We report the case of a patient who presented with features of peritonitis 10 days after being injured by a knee kick trauma. An erect abdominal X-ray showed extraluminal air-fluid levels, suggesting a hollow viscous injury which on exploration was found to be IJBO.
Publication Date
9-4-2012
First Page
221
Last Page
224
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Recommended Citation
Bhatti, Khalid Munir; Ali, Mohammed Zulfiqar; Khalid, Afshan; Mushtaq, Umar; and Anwar, Mohammed Idrees
(2012)
"Extra-luminal Air Fluid Level on Abdominal X-ray of a Patient with Isolated Jejunal Blow Out : Case report,"
Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal: Vol. 12: 221-224.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.18295/2075-0528.1367
