Radiologic Clinics Of North America Imaging of The Acute Abdomen

Emil J B

Table of contents :
Cover
……Page 1
Contents
……Page 2
Forthcoming Issues
……Page 6
Preface……Page 7
Technology……Page 9
Trauma……Page 12
Pancreas……Page 14
Vascular system……Page 15
Pitch and contrast……Page 16
References……Page 17
Oral contrast agents……Page 20
Radiologic modalities……Page 21
Foreign body perforation……Page 24
Iatrogenic perforations……Page 25
Peptic ulcer disease……Page 26
Postoperative perforations……Page 27
Ischemia and infarction……Page 30
Inflammatory conditions……Page 31
Postoperative small intestine……Page 32
Rectal and colonic perforations……Page 33
Diverticulitis……Page 34
Postoperative colonic perforation……Page 35
Perforations of the biliary tree……Page 37
References……Page 38
Clinical diagnosis and imaging……Page 41
Unenhanced CT……Page 43
Focused CT……Page 44
Rectal contrast material……Page 45
Oral and IV contrast material……Page 46
The normal appendix……Page 47
The abnormal appendix……Page 48
Differential diagnosis……Page 51
Terminal ileitis……Page 52
Ischemia and vasculitis……Page 53
Primary epiploic appendagitis……Page 54
Omental infarction……Page 57
References……Page 58
Location……Page 61
Etiology……Page 62
Clinical findings……Page 66
Diagnosis……Page 67
Plain film and barium studies……Page 68
Ultrasound……Page 69
CT……Page 71
MR imaging……Page 72
References……Page 73
CT technique……Page 76
Abdominal aortic aneurysm……Page 78
Mycotic aneurysms……Page 79
Inflammatory aortic aneurysms……Page 81
Abdominal aortic dissection……Page 82
Intramural hematoma……Page 84
Abdominal aortic trauma……Page 85
Postendoaneurysmorrhaphy……Page 86
Postendoluminal graft repair……Page 87
References……Page 89
Pathophysiology……Page 93
CT technique……Page 94
Extraluminal air……Page 95
Extraluminal oral contrast material……Page 97
Mesenteric infiltration……Page 98
Intraperitoneal fluid……Page 99
Retroperitoneal fluid……Page 100
Bowel wall enhancement……Page 101
Summary……Page 102
References……Page 103
Intraperitoneal bleeding: general imaging features……Page 105
Hepatocellular carcinoma……Page 109
Hemangiomas……Page 111
Metastasis……Page 112
HELLP syndrome……Page 113
Splenic rupture……Page 114
Spontaneous bleeding caused by visceral artery abnormalities……Page 115
Peptic ulcer bleeding……Page 116
Pancreatitis……Page 117
Ectopic pregnancy……Page 118
Ruptured cyst……Page 119
References……Page 120
Acute cholecystitis……Page 124
Gangrenous cholecystitis……Page 126
Hemorrhagic cholecystitis……Page 128
Emphysematous cholecystitis……Page 129
Gallbladder perforation……Page 130
Gallbladder trauma……Page 131
Gallstone ileus……Page 132
Mirizzi syndrome……Page 134
References……Page 136
Catheter selection and insertion……Page 138
Pseudocysts……Page 139
Pancreatic abscess……Page 141
Pancreatic necrosis……Page 144
Assessment and follow-up care……Page 145
References……Page 146
MR imaging protocols……Page 164
Non-breathhold imaging……Page 165
Acute infectious diseases of the liver……Page 166
Acute hepatic vascular conditions……Page 168
Acute cholecystitis……Page 169
Acute or chronic cholecystitis……Page 173
Choledocholithiasis……Page 174
Acute cholangitis……Page 175
Mirizzi’s syndrome……Page 176
Pancreas……Page 177
Small bowel pathology……Page 180
Mesenteric ischemia……Page 181
Acute diverticulitis……Page 182
Primary epiploic appendagitis……Page 183
Renal colic……Page 184
Urinary tract infection……Page 188
Acute vascular conditions……Page 189
References……Page 190
Who does the ultrasound examination ?……Page 148
Ultrasound technique……Page 149
Ultrasound of appendicitis……Page 150
Appendiceal mass……Page 152
Pitfalls in the ultrasound diagnosis of appendicitis……Page 154
Ileocecal Crohn’s disease……Page 155
Infectious ileocolitis and infectious ileocecitis……Page 156
Cecal carcinoma……Page 157
Sigmoid diverticulitis……Page 158
Right-sided colonic diverticulitis……Page 161
References……Page 162
Gastrointestinal bleeding……Page 195
Initial presentation……Page 199
The postcholecystectomy patient with pain……Page 202
Injuries of the solid organs……Page 205
Infection……Page 206
References……Page 207
Normal posttransplant anatomy……Page 209
Hepatic artery thrombosis……Page 211
Hepatic artery stenosis……Page 212
Portal vein stenosis or thrombosis……Page 213
Inferior vena cava stenosis or thrombosis……Page 214
Biliary complications……Page 215
Liver ischemia……Page 218
Infections……Page 219
Malignancy……Page 220
References……Page 223
Cumulative Index 2003……Page 226