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Penetrating abdominopelvic trauma
Penetrating abdominopelvic trauma usually occurs 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 the patient is stable enough before surgery. The most common injuries include small bowel, large bowel, liv...
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Hinchey classification of acute diverticulitis
The Hinchey classification for acute diverticulitis (anywhere along the bowel, not just the colon) has been variously adapted and modified since its original description, and is useful not only in academia but also in outlining successive stages of severity 3,5,6. Adoption and utility of the va...
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Perineum
The perineum is a diamond-shaped region below the pelvic diaphragm and is divided by an imaginary line drawn between the ischial tuberosities into anteriorly the urogenital triangle and posteriorly the anal triangle.
Gross anatomy
The perineum is bounded by the pubis anteriorly, the ischial tu...
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Broad ligament hernia
Broad ligament hernias (alternative plural: herniae) are a type of internal hernia in which small bowel passes through a congenital or acquired defect in the broad ligament.
Epidemiology
Broad ligament herniation is very rare and accounts for 4%-7% of all internal hernias 1.
Clinical presenta...
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Ischiorectal lipoma
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10 Jul 2022
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Pelvic lipomatosis
Pelvic lipomatosis or pelvic fibrolipomatosis represents excessive deposition of fat in the pelvis due to overgrowth of adipose cells leading to compression of pelvic organs.
Epidemiology
The condition usually presents in patients 20-50 years of age. The condition is predominantly (~66% of cas...
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Gangrenous pelvic appendicitis
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15 Feb 2024
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CT abdomen-pelvis (protocol)
The CT abdomen-pelvis protocol serves as an outline for an examination of the whole abdomen including the pelvis. It is one of the most common CT protocols for any clinical questions related to the abdomen and/or in routine and emergencies. It forms also an integral part of trauma and oncologic ...
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Retroperitoneal fibrosis
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06 Jun 2020
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Nuclear medicine
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Radiation-induced enteritis
Radiation-induced enteritis is a small bowel pathology resulting from toxic effects of radiotherapy on the small bowel wall and vasculature.
Epidemiology
5-15% of patients treated with radiotherapy (usually >4500 cGy) develop chronic radiation enteropathy.
Terminology
Enteritis is inflammat...
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Colonic anastomotic leak
Colonic anastomotic leaks can occur in the early or late postoperative phase when an enteric anastomosis fails. This results in the leak of intraluminal content extraluminally 4.
Terminology
If an anastomotic leak occurs within 30 days post-operation, it is termed an "early" anastomotic leak,...
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Acute appendicitis
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07 Apr 2021
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CT colonography (protocol)
Computed tomographic (CT) colonography, also called CTC, virtual colonoscopy (VC) or CT pneumocolon, is a powerful minimally invasive technique for colorectal cancer screening.
Indications
screening test for colorectal carcinoma
colon evaluation after incomplete or unsuccessful optical (conv...
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Pelvic appendicitis
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20 Nov 2023
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Perineal hernia
Perineal hernias, also known as levator or pudendal hernias 2, (alternative plural: herniae) are rare pelvic hernias, occurring through a defect in the pelvic floor musculature.
Epidemiology
More common in females, with peak age of presentation between 40 and 60 years.
Pathology
Perineal he...
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Normal long appendix
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14 Aug 2021
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Internal hernia
Internal hernias (alternative plural: herniae) are protrusions of the viscera through the peritoneum or mesentery but remaining within the abdominal cavity.
Epidemiology
Internal hernias have a low incidence of <1% and represent a relatively small proportion, up to 5.8%, of presentations with ...
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Acute appendicitis
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11 Oct 2022
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Desmoplastic small round cell tumor (peritoneal)
Desmoplastic small round cell tumors of the peritoneum are a rare and highly aggressive primary peritoneal malignancy.
Epidemiology
Desmoplastic small round cell tumor is usually seen in young adolescents and have a male predominance with a mean survival of 2-3 years.
Clinical presentation
A...
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Small bowel obstruction
Small bowel obstruction (SBO) accounts for 80% of all mechanical intestinal obstruction, and the remaining 20% results from a large bowel obstruction. It has a mortality rate of ~5%.
Terminology
Bowel obstruction may be complete or incomplete 8:
complete or high grade obstruction means that n...
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