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Computed tomography of the abdomen revealing a massively distended stomach. Upon admission of the young woman presenting with the clinical picture of an acute abdomen, we performed a computed tomography of the abdomen. This revealed a massively distended stomach reaching the lesser pelvis.
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This revealed a massively distended stomach with a cranio-caudal extension of 35 cm reaching the lesser pelvis, however, without evidence for perforation (Figure 1 (Fig. 1)).
Postoperative imaging of the gastro-intestinal passage. Postoperatively, we performed an X-ray series of the stomach upon application of contrast medium. This revealed a re-tonised, normal-sized stomach without evidence for stenosis.
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On the sixth postoperative day we performed a radiological imaging of the stomach using contrast medium which revealed a re-tonised stomach of a normal size without evidence for any stenosis (Figure 2 (Fig. 2)).