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What is Colon Cutoff Sign?
Abrupt termination of gas in proximal colon at the level of the splenic flexure. Enter your email address:
Applied to radiography, CT and contrast enema studies
What Can Cause Colon Cutoff Sign?
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Why Does It Occur?
In acute pancreatitis, inflammatory exudates in retroperitoneal space extend into 'phrenicocolic ligament' causing spasm of the splenic flexure wherer the colon returns
to retroperitoneum. (Remember transverse colon in peritoneal cavity, descending colon in retroperitoneum, phrenicocolic ligament is a transition point where Translation by Google
transverse and descendinc colon is separated)
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