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Symptoms and Signs – Differential Diagnosis of Abdominal distension
Faeces
Fat (obesity}
Fetus
Flatus (intestinal obstruction such as Small bowel: adhesions, herniae, intussusception, Crohn's disease, gallstone ileus, foreign body, tumour, tuberculosis. Large bowel: cancer, volvulus, diverticulitis, faeces )
Fluid (ascites, fluid in the obstructed intestine)
Giant organomegaly (e.g. an ovarian cystadenoma, lymphoma)
Faeces
Fat (obesity}
Fetus
Flatus (intestinal obstruction such as Small bowel: adhesions, herniae, intussusception, Crohn's disease, gallstone ileus, foreign body, tumour, tuberculosis. Large bowel: cancer, volvulus, diverticulitis, faeces )
Fluid (ascites, fluid in the obstructed intestine)
Giant organomegaly (e.g. an ovarian cystadenoma, lymphoma)
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