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Preferred Label : colon cutoff sign;

RADLEX synonyms : colon cut-off sign;

Definition : Colonic gas abruptly stops near the splenic flexure. Suggests acute pancreatitis; inflammatory exudate spreads to phrenicocolic ligament, causing spasms that narrow the lumen at the flexure, where the colon becomes retroperitoneal.;

Source : Radiology 2000; 215:387-389;

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Colonic gas abruptly stops near the splenic flexure. Suggests acute pancreatitis; inflammatory exudate spreads to phrenicocolic ligament, causing spasms that narrow the lumen at the flexure, where the colon becomes retroperitoneal.

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