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Gaseous distention of the stomach as well as dilated small bowel measuring 5 cm in caliber.
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Abdominal X-ray revealed gaseous distention of the stomach (Fig. 1) as well as small bowel measuring up to 5 cm in caliber, finding consistent with small bowel obstruction/ileus.
Stomach is diffusely edematous and thick-walled and contains both linear and rounded intramural gas collections consistent with emphysematous gastritis.
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A CT of abdomen and pelvis showed stomach to be diffusely edematous, thick-walled, containing intramural gas collections, consistent with emphysematous gastritis (Fig. 2).
Resolution of the gas collections and gaseous distention of the stomach.
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Two weeks later, patient was found to have complete resolution of emphysematous gastritis with return of stomach wall thickness to normal [Fig. 3].