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Figure 10.  Supine abdominal radiograph of a neonate with NEC shows dilatation of the bowel with gas and extensive intramural gas, which is seen as a bubbly pattern of radiolucency mainly in the right lower quadrant. This bubbly pattern is due to submucosal intramural gas.