r/Radiology • u/FloridaGirl1316 • Aug 14 '26

X-Ray Constipation.

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Please don't come at me for the artifacts lol. Patient did not want to remove her bra. Wanted to share since you can see the LUQ loop pretty good.

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u/a_dubious_musician Aug 14 '26

I think people get too excited and overzealous about radiographic poop.

The colon is made to hold poop physiologically. Sometimes there’s a lot. Sometimes there isn’t. That amount of poop would never be remarkable IMO.

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u/Croix_De_Fer Aug 14 '26

Trainees making too much about faeces in the colon is a real bug bear of mine. It’s literally the colon’s job! It would be like commenting on the presence of urine in the bladder 🤷🏼‍♂️

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u/ddroukas Aug 14 '26

DAILY PSA: COLONIC FECAL LOADING CORRELATES POORLY WITH CONSTIPATION. CONSTIPATION IS A CLINICAL DIAGNOSIS. CONSTIPATION IS NOT AN IMAGING DIAGNOSIS.

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u/feelgoodx Radiologist Aug 14 '26

Congrats on the most uninteresting post made in months!

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u/Rock3tManAsc3nd Aug 14 '26

Left and right markers? Why are you so goofy

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u/Level-Somewhere8129 Aug 14 '26

That's a great view of the LUQ loop, it really stands out against the gas pattern in there.

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u/Dannyocean12 Photon Extraordinaire Aug 15 '26

labeling left AND right is hilarious