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pearljam59
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06/25/07 - 12:44 PM

Sooo you get bilious vomiting with this BUT is their the ABSENCE or PRESENCE of abdominal distenition?

I am working thru UW ?s and two questions are contradicting each other.

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06/26/07 - 09:59 AM

i guess abdo distension willl b there as it is kinda intestinal obstruction .......

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06/26/07 - 04:13 PM

I think duodenal atresia is too proximal to lead to an abdominal distension. You'll find an upper abdominal swelling, at maximum.

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06/27/07 - 09:42 AM

yeah i agree with u arlete, think in it like congenital pyloric stenosis ..where there is OLIVE shaped mass in the right upper quadrant without destintion so i think dudenal atresia would do the same .it is just distal to pylorus .and the atresia not involving the whole intestine

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06/27/07 - 10:51 AM

now i m also thinkin there may b no abdo distension

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06/27/07 - 02:27 PM

arlete wrote:
I think duodenal atresia is too proximal to lead to an abdominal distension. You'll find an upper abdominal swelling, at maximum.

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07/11/07 - 02:30 PM

Getting bilious vomiting could be occur due to:
a duodenal atresia without abdominal distension and a small intestinal obstruccion that presents with abdominal distension.
Maybe that was the case? raised eyebrow

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07/11/07 - 09:49 PM

i dont think that u will find abdominal distention in duodenal atresia.

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07/13/07 - 03:02 PM

Their is NO abdominal distention.

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