22 Adynamic Ileus*

CLINICAL IMAGAGINGAN ATLAS OF DIFFERENTIAL DAIGNOSIS

EISENBERG

DR. Muhammad Bin Zulfiqar PGR-FCPS III SIMS/SHL

• Fig GI 22-1 Adynamic ileus pattern.

• Fig GI 22-2 Sentinel loop (arrow) in a patient with acute pancreatitis.

• Fig GI 22-3 Colonic ileus in a patient with severe diabetes and hypokalemia.

• Fig GI 22-4 Chronic idiopathic intestinal pseudo-obstruction. The diffuse small bowel dilatation simulates mechanical obstruction.27

• Fig GI 22-5 Acute intermittent porphyria. Adynamic ileus simulating mechanical obstruction on (A) supine and (B) upright views.