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Fig. 4B. 16-year-old boy with appendicitis. CT scan shows dilated loops of
small bowel (long arrows), with collapse of colon (short
arrows). Scan was interpreted as showing distal small-bowel obstruction,
but at surgery, appendicitis was found with no evidence of small-bowel
obstruction.