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Erect x ray abdomen showing dilated bowel loops.
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Only her erect radiographs showed dilated small bowel loops with air-fluid levels (Fig. 1).
Abdominal x ray at day 2.
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Her condition failed to resolve as a radiograph two days later appeared to have even worse dilatation of bowel loops (Fig. 2).
Barium meal and follow through.
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Barium meal follow through revealed thickened folds and dilatation of small bowel (Fig. 3, Fig. 4).
Blind ending loops of ileum (White arrows).
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Upon further exploration, two blind ending loops of ileum were found buried in the band (Fig. 5, Fig. 6).