Pictorial Interlude: caught up in a 'whirl'
Kuehnast, M.; Andronikou, S.
South African Journal of Surgery. Suid-Afrikaanse Tydskrif Vir Chirurgie 50(2): 50-51
2012
ISSN/ISBN: 0038-2361 PMID: 22622105 Document Number: 663492
A patient with the 'whirl sign' on computed tomography (CT) is 25.3 times as likely as a patient without to have small-bowel obstruction (SBO) necessitating surgery. There is therefore an important role for the 'whirl sign' in assessment of patients with clinical and radiological signs of SBO.