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The ‘keyboard sign’ refers to prominent Kerckring folds (circular folds) in a fluid-distended small bowel, unlike normal bowel. The ‘to-and-fro movement’ is bidirectional intraluminal flow due to impaired peristalsis. Both are characteristic ultrasonographic findings of small bowel
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