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Elderly man with abdominal distension
  1. Min-Po Ho,
  2. Kuang-Chau Tsai
  1. Department of Emergency Medicine, Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, New Taipei City, Taiwan
  1. Correspondence to Dr Min-Po Ho, Department of Emergency Medicine 21, Nan-Ya S. Road, Section 2, Banqiao District, New Taipei City 220, Taiwan, ROC; hominpo{at}yahoo.com.tw

https://doi.org/10.1136/emermed-2014-204497

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    Imaging case history

    An 83-year-old man with a history of hypertension and diabetes presented at our emergency department with abdominal pain as well as distension for 2 weeks. On physical examination, the patient was found to be having mild tenderness in mid-abdomen, without peritoneal signs. Laboratory tests were within the normal range. A radiograph of his abdomen was obtained (figure 1).

    Figure 1

    A radiograph of the patient's abdomen.

    QUESTION

    What is most likely diagnosis?

    1. Faecal impaction

    2. Colonic volvulus

    3. Abdominal aortic aneurysm

    4. Cholelithiasis

    For the answer see page 827

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    Footnotes

    • Contributors M-PH, K-CT: Patient care, concept and design, article research, authorship, and editing.

    • Competing interests None.

    • Patient consent Obtained.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; internally peer reviewed.