Search results for “abdominal ct ”
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Epiploic appendagitis
Published
05 Dec 2023
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Trauma
The term trauma (plural: traumas) or traumatic injury refers to damage or harm of sudden onset caused by external factors or forces requiring medical attention.
Polytrauma or multiple trauma has been defined as a pattern of potentially life-threatening injuries involving at least two body regio...
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Penetrating abdominopelvic trauma
Penetrating abdominopelvic trauma usually occur in the setting of gunshot and stab injuries and is associated with high morbidity and mortality. CT is the modality of choice in imaging if stable enough prior to surgery. The most common injuries include small bowel, large bowel, liver, spleen and...
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Mediastinal Hodgkin lymphoma
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17 Apr 2024
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Malignant peritoneal mesothelioma
Malignant peritoneal mesothelioma is an uncommon primary tumor of the peritoneal lining. It shares epidemiological and pathological features with - but is less common than - its pleural counterpart, which is described in detail in the general article on mesothelioma. Other abdominal subtypes (al...
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ABDOMINAL CT 17APR24
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Select cases illustrating basic abdominal anatomy and common abdominal pathologies
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Steelpan sign (sigmoid volvulus)
The steelpan sign refers to the close resemblance of sigmoid volvulus on CT to the percussion instrument known as the steelpan. The steelpan, also known as steel drum or pan, is a Caribbean musical instrument invented in Trinidad and Tobago by the mid-1930s, which became very popular in Trinidad...
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Paraduodenal pancreatitis
Paraduodenal pancreatitis is an uncommon type of focal chronic pancreatitis affecting the groove between the head of the pancreas, the duodenum and the common bile duct.
Terminology
The following entities with which it shares clinicopathological features are unified by this term and should no ...
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Lower anterior abdominal wall pericatheter collection - CT peritoneography
Published
05 Sep 2023
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Portal venous gas
Portal venous gas, also known as pneumatosis portalis, is the accumulation of gas in the portal vein and its branches. It needs to be distinguished from pneumobilia, although this is usually not too problematic when associated findings are taken into account along with the pattern of gas (i.e. p...
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Acute hepatitis
Acute hepatitis (plural: acute hepatitides) occurs when the liver suffers an injury with a resulting inflammatory reaction. The cause of the injury can happen in multiple different ways, and imaging findings are often non-specific. Acute hepatitis is a clinical diagnosis and a normal imaging app...
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Traumatic duodenal perforation
Published
10 Apr 2024
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Vagus nerve
The vagus nerve (TA: nervus vagus or nervus cranialis X), the tenth cranial nerve (CN X), exits the skull through the jugular foramen, travels down the neck within the carotid sheath, over the pericardium and into the abdomen, giving off numerous branches. It is the longest cranial nerve.
It is...
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Male breast cancer with distant metastases
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02 May 2022
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Bowel and mesenteric trauma
Bowel and mesenteric trauma can result from blunt force, penetrating and iatrogenic trauma. CT is the gold standard imaging modality but CT findings are nonspecific 12.
Epidemiology
The bowel and mesentery are injured in ~2.5% (range 0.3-5%) of blunt force abdominal trauma 1,3,5,8. However not...
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Bowel and mesenteric trauma injury grading
A number of bowel and mesenteric injury grading systems have been proposed and validated for trauma to the bowel and/or mesentery based on CT and clinical parameters.
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RAPTOR 1
The RAdiographic Predictors of Therapeutic intervention score predicts the need for early therapeutic...
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Pancreatic pseudocyst
Pancreatic pseudocysts are common sequelae of acute pancreatitis or chronic pancreatitis, and the most common cystic lesion of the pancreas. They are important both in terms of management and differentiation from other cystic processes or masses in this region.
Terminology
The following are th...
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Pancreatic duct stone
A pancreatic duct stone, also known as calculus, is a stone embedded within the pancreatic ducts. They typically arise in the setting of chronic pancreatitis.
Terminology
Three terms other than pancreatic stones or calculi have been used to refer to calculi in the pancreatic ducts; primarily t...
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Kidneys
The kidneys are paired retroperitoneal organs that lie at the level of the T12 to L3 vertebral bodies.
Gross anatomy
Location
The kidneys are located to either side of the vertebral column in the perirenal space of the retroperitoneum, within the posterior abdominal wall. The long axis of the...
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Arteriosclerosis
Arteriosclerosis is defined by thickening and loss of elasticity of the arterial walls.
There are three patterns of arteriosclerosis:
atherosclerosis: large and medium-sized arteries
Mönckeberg medial calcific sclerosis: muscular arteries
arteriolosclerosis: small arteries and arterioles
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