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Digestive system

X-ray

Abdominal x-ray; X-ray - abdomen; Flat plate; KUB

The x-ray will show normal structures for a person your age.

Abnormal findings include:

• abdominal masses
• an accumulation of fluid in the abdominal area
• kidney stones
• some types of gallstones
• intestinal blockage
• foreign bodies in the intestines (an intestinal obstruction)
• trauma to the abdominal tissue
• perforation of the stomach or intestines

• abdominal aortic aneurysm
• acute appendicitis
• acute cholecystitis
• acute renal failure
• Addison's disease
• adenomyosis
• annular pancreas
• ascariasis
• atheroembolic renal disease
• biliary atresia
• blind loop syndrome
• cholangitis
• chronic renal failure
• cirrhosis
• echinococcus
• encopresis
• Hirschsprung's disease
• idiopathic aplastic anemia
• injury of the kidney and ureter
• intussusception (children)
• necrotizing enterocolitis
• nephrocalcinosis
• peritonitis; dialysis associated
• peritonitis, spontaneous
• primary or idiopathic intestinal pseudo-obstruction
• renal artery stenosis
• renal cell carcinoma
• secondary aplastic anemia
• toxic megacolon
• Wilms' tumor

Review Date: 05/17/2005
Reviewed By: Nikheel S. Kolatkar, MD, Clinical and Research Fellow, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Hypertension, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.