Extra-luminal Air Fluid Level on Abdominal X-ray of a Patient with Isolated Jejunal Blow Out; Case Report

Extra-luminal Air Fluid Level on Abdominal X-ray of a Patient with Isolated Jejunal Blow Out; Case Report

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Patients with trivial blunt abdominal trauma may present with isolated jejunal blow out here (IJBO).A high index of suspicion is required as delayed presentation or delayed diagnosis may increase morbidity.Presentation with frank perforation peritonitis can be diagnosed by abdominal X-rays.We report the case of a patient who presented with features of peritonitis 10 days after being injured by a knee kick trauma.An erect abdominal X-ray showed extraluminal air-fluid click here levels, suggesting a hollow viscous injury which on exploration was found to be IJBO.