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  2. Small bowel faeces sign - Wikipedia

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    The small bowel feces sign results from stagnation of enteric contents within dilated segments of the small intestine. [1] When intestinal motility is impaired due to obstruction, progressive dehydration of luminal contents occurs, leading to the formation of solid particulate matter that mimics feces. [3]

  3. Arteriovenous malformation - Wikipedia

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    Symptoms of AVMs vary according to their location. Most neurological AVMs produce few to no symptoms.Often the malformation is discovered as part of an autopsy or during treatment of an unrelated disorder (an "incidental finding"); in rare cases, its expansion or a micro-bleed from an AVM in the brain can cause epilepsy, neurological deficit, or pain.

  4. Jejunum - Wikipedia

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    The villi of the jejunum look like long, finger-like projections, and are a histologically identifiable structure. While the length of the entire intestinal tract contains lymphoid tissue , only the ileum has abundant Peyer's patches , which are unencapsulated lymphoid nodules that contain large numbers of lymphocytes and immune cells, like ...

  5. Small intestine - Wikipedia

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    The small intestine or small bowel is an organ in the gastrointestinal tract where most of the absorption of nutrients from food takes place. It lies between the stomach and large intestine , and receives bile and pancreatic juice through the pancreatic duct to aid in digestion .

  6. Intestinal ischemia - Wikipedia

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    The treatment of intestinal ischemia depends on the cause and can be medical or surgical. However, if bowel has become necrotic, the only treatment is surgical removal of the dead segments of bowel. [34] In non-occlusive disease, where there is no blockage of the arteries supplying the bowel, the treatment is medical rather than surgical ...

  7. Intestinal atresia - Wikipedia

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    The distension is more generalised the further down the bowel the atresia is located and is thus most prominent with ileal atresia. [1] [2] Inability to pass stool is most common with duodenal or jejunal atresia; [2] if stool is passed, it may be small, mucus-like and grey. [1] Occasionally, there may be jaundice, which is most common in ...

  8. Bowel obstruction - Wikipedia

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    Depending on the level of obstruction, bowel obstruction can present with abdominal pain, abdominal distension, and constipation.Bowel obstruction may be complicated by dehydration and electrolyte abnormalities due to vomiting; respiratory compromise from pressure on the diaphragm by a distended abdomen, or aspiration of vomitus; bowel ischemia or perforation from prolonged distension or ...

  9. Volvulus - Wikipedia

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    The medical history is helpful in that most cases of inflammatory bowel disease are well known to both patient and doctor. Other rare syndromes, including Ogilvie's syndrome, chronic constipation and impaction may cause a pseudo obstruction. [17] Abdominal x-ray – tire-like shadow arising from right iliac fossa and passing to left; Upper GI ...