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Abdominal film

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Alternative Names:

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

Normal Values:

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

What abnormal results mean:

Abnormal findings include:

• Abdominal masses
• Build up of fluid in the abdomen
• Kidney stones
• Certain types of gallstones
• Intestinal blockage
• Foreign object in the intestines (an intestinal obstruction )
• Injury to the abdominal tissue
• Hole in the stomach or intestines

Additional conditions under which the test may be performed:

• Abdominal aortic aneurysm
• Acute appendicitis
• Acute cholecystitis
• Acute kidney 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: 5/17/2007
• Reviewed By: Benjamin W. Van Voorhees, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Pediatrics, and Psychiatry, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.

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