Intended for healthcare professionals

Minerva

Severe back pain in an older man

BMJ 2019; 367 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.l5762 (Published 17 October 2019) Cite this as: BMJ 2019;367:l5762
  1. Xiaojun Xie,, attending surgeon 1,
  2. Jiao Bai,, radiologist2
  1. 1Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, The Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, China
  2. 2Department of Radiology, The Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, China
  1. Correspondence to J Bai baijiao77{at}163.com

This abdominal computed tomography (CT) scan (fig 1) shows gastric dilation, a massive amount of air in the stomach wall (gastric pneumatosis) (white arrows), …

View Full Text

Log in

Log in through your institution

Subscribe

* For online subscription