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Figure 5a.  Small-bowel obstruction in a young woman with a history of abdominal surgery who presented to the emergency department during the third trimester with diffuse abdominal pain. (a) Axial half-Fourier RARE image shows a dilated small intestine (arrows), although the transition site could not be localized with certainty. (b) Coronal half-Fourier RARE image shows the site of obstruction in the jejunum (arrow). An obstructing adhesion was found at surgery.