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Small Bowel Obstruction - String

  
Small Bowel Obstruction - String of Pearls (AXR & CT)

The "string of pearls" sign in the images above is caused by air trapped at corners of valvulae conniventes. This is almost always seen in obstructed fluid filled loops of small bowel.

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