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Intestinal obstruction in an adult with Down's syndrome

Altaf K Awan FRCS  ¹ David A L Macafee MRCS  ¹   Richard I Hall MD FRCS  ²

¹ Division of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham;
² Derby City General Hospital, Derby, UK

View larger version (122K): [in a new window]   Figure 1. Preoperative abdominal X-ray showing a dilated caecum lying to the left of the midline (arrows)

 

View larger version (152K): [in a new window]   Figure 2. Preoperative barium enema. Arrow points to area where peritoneal band lay across the ascending colon, resulting in large-bowel obstruction

 

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