What’s Blocking This Bowel?

A clinical case challenge. A patient presents with signs of obstruction. A CT Scan reveals a small-bowel mass with a hyperdense periphery and aerated core.

Small-bowel obstruction


What is the diagnosis?

What is the most likely diagnosis?

Small-bowel obstruction
Echinococcosis
Mesenteric ischemia
Pancreatic pseudocysts
Cecal volvulus

Abdominal pain, Computed Tomography, Gastroenterology, General Surgery, Small-bowel obstruction

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