Increased bowel sounds differential diagnosis

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

Differentiating Increased Bowel Sounds from other Condtitions

Differential diagnosis includes:

• Abscess
• Acute gastroenteritis
• Adhesions (from previous surgery)
• Benign etiologies
• Carcinoid syndrome
• Colonic-pseudo obstruction
• Crohn's disease
• Diarrhea
• Foreign body
• Gallstone ileus
• Hernias
• Hiatal hernia
• Infection
• Intussusception
• Lactase deficiency
• Malabsorption syndrome
• Mechanical bowel obstruction
• Neoplasms
• Peutz-Jeghers syndrome
• Succussion splash
• Volvulus