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Among the various causes of bowel obstruction, adhesions are most likely to be found and can be a disastrous alliance. The first-line modality in an acute emergency with pending ileus is CT. Nevertheless, MRI can provide superior information. Besides the classical signs of obstruction with distended bowel loops and transition points, its potential to detect visceral slide using functional cine MRI has been proven.
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Lienemann, A., Kirchhoff, S. (2010). MRI of Adhesions and Small Bowel Obstruction. In: Stoker, J. (eds) MRI of the Gastrointestinal Tract. Medical Radiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-85532-3_16
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