The role of computed tomography (CT) scanning in a case of Yersinia enterocolitica (YE) enteritis mimicking acute appendicitis in a 34-year-old female patient with beta-thalassemia major is presented. Although the abdominal CT findings on admittance were indicative of acute appendicitis (enlargement of the appendix and thickening of its wall), making ...

AIM: To compare the effect of an initial early computed tomography (CT) examination versus standard practice (SP) on the length of hospital stay, diagnostic accuracy, and mortality of adults presenting with acute abdominal pain. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Two hundred and five adults presenting with acute abdominal pain were randomized to ...

The purpose of this study was to determine which clinical information or computed tomography (CT) features can distinguish perforated from nonperforated appendicitis. We collected data from 102 patients (62 men, 40 women; mean age, 49.6 years; age range, 16-85 years) who presented to the emergency department with acute abdominal pain ...

A 35-year-old man was admitted for surgery with complaints of left upper abdominal quadrant pain, tachycardia and hypotension with no history of trauma. A splenomegaly had just been diagnosed one week before, during, the work up for asthenia. An immediate CT scan revealed an intraperitoneal haemorrhage with splenic rupture. During ...

OBJECTIVE: Adnexal torsion is most commonly a clinical diagnosis, often aided by sonographic findings. At times, the clinical presentation can mimic nongynecologic causes of acute lower abdominal pain. In these cases, CT may be the initial imaging study. The purpose of this study was to define the CT features associated ...

Clinical manifestations and computed tomography (CT) findings of Fitz-Hugh-Curtis syndrome (FHCS) are relatively well stabilized as right upper quadrant abdominal pain and hepatic capsular enhancement because of perihepatitis associated with pelvic inflammatory disease caused by N. gonorrhoeae and C. trachomatis. We encountered three patients with serial FHCS associated with pelvic ...

STUDY OBJECTIVE: Appendicitis is part of the differential of an acute abdomen and can be a difficult diagnosis to make. Strategies to suggest which patients presenting to the emergency department (ED) should undergo computed tomography (CT) scan to confirm appendicitis have not been addressed. We develop guidelines for CT scanning ...

OBJECTIVE: Appendicitis has been declining in frequency for several decades. During the past 10 years, its preoperative diagnosis has been made more reliable by improved computed tomography (CT) imaging. Thresholds for surgical exploration have been lowered by the increased availability of laparoscopic exploration. These innovations should influence the number of ...

Epiploic appendagitis, which is an uncommon cause of acute abdomen, is a benign self-limiting inflammatory process of epiploic appendices. It has primary and secondary types. Computed tomography findings of the primary type are specific but are demonstrated rarely. Herein, we present pre- and post-treatment computed tomography findings of two cases ...

Although acute appendicitis is the most frequent cause of the acute abdomen in the United States, its accurate diagnosis in reproductive-age women remains difficult. Problems in making the diagnosis are evidenced by negative appendectomy rates in this group of 20 per cent to 45 per cent. Abdominal CT scanning has ...

PURPOSE: The aim of this study was to determine the types, prevalence rates, and clinical implications of portal vein (PV) variations using routine abdominal multidetector computed tomography (MDCT). MATERIALS AND METHODS: The study included 1384 retrospectively evaluated patients (721 males, 663 females) that had undergone routine abdominal MDCT. Portal phase ...

AIM: The aim of this study was to validate the computed tomography (CT) features of intra-abdominal hypertension (IAH) by relating them to the clinical measurement of intra-abdominal pressure (IAP) in critically ill surgical patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The intra-vesical pressure was measured to reflect IAP in 24 critically ill patients. ...

Concerns over rising imaging costs have led to the consideration by Medicare to limit the ability of clinicians to bill for image interpretation. This move has often been justified as a method to limit self-referral. However, clinicians may not be the only ones capable of referring imaging business to themselves. ...

Appendicitis is the most common cause of acute abdominal pain requiring surgery. Early diagnosis is crucial to the success of therapy. CT and ultrasound are widely recognized as very useful in the timely diagnosis of appendicitis. MR imaging is emerging as an alternative to CT in pregnant patients and in ...

The use of magnetic resonance (MR) imaging in the evaluation of acute abdominal pain is increasing, particularly in those circumstances where computed tomography (CT) is not desirable (eg, pregnancy, allergy to iodinated contrast material). Although ultrasonography (US) is considered the imaging study of choice for evaluation of abdominal pain in ...

BACKGROUND: A 35-year -old man presented to a local emergency room with acute left-flank pain and a medical history of nephrolithiasis. There were no aggravating or relieving factors for the left-flank pain and no other presenting symptoms, and the physical examination was unremarkable. INVESTIGATIONS: Complete blood count, urinalysis, serum tumor ...

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether a new criterion-maximum depth of the intraluminal appendiceal fluid-is useful to differentiate between a normal appendix with diameter greater than 6 mm and appendicitis without periappendiceal inflammation. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The study included 59 patients showing a normal appendix with ...

Purpose Abdominal donor site flaps are the standard in autologous breast reconstruction. With significant variation in the vascular anatomy of the abdominal wall, preoperative imaging is essential. Computerised Tomography Angiography (CTA) has been recently described for this purpose. Uniquely, the branching pattern of the Deep Inferior Epigastric Artery (DIEA) is ...

The purpose of this study was to assess the feasibility of diagnosing appendicitis based on coronal reformations without the aid of transverse images. Abdominal and pelvic computed tomography (CT) scans of 53 patients (27 with appendicitis and 26 without appendicitis) were reviewed. All scans were obtained using a four-slice multi-detector ...

PURPOSE: To determine the diagnostic accuracy and the clinical impact of ultrasound (US) and computed tomography (CT) in diagnosing appendicitis, and to evaluate the impact of laboratory tests on the treatment of acute appendicitis. MATERIAL AND METHODS: All patients who, during 2005, underwent an acute ultrasound or CT investigation due ...

Brachytherapy (BT) is an essential component of radical treatment for cervix cancer. Uterine perforation is a potential complication of intrauterine applicator (tandem) insertion. Postprocedure pelvic computed tomography (CT) scans are routinely performed at this center. The objective of this study was to prospectively compare radiation oncologists' (RO) clinical impression of ...

Gas in the renal parenchyma is a rare finding seen best with computed tomography (CT). It can be encountered in a wide range of clinical conditions, some of them life-threatening like emphysematous pyelonephritis, whereas in others, it may represent a postoperative or procedure outcome. The latter are not usually a ...

PURPOSE: Whether computed tomography (CT) should be routinely included in the diagnostic work-up in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) has not yet been determined. The aim of this study was to analyze the prognostic significance of abdominal CT in patients with CLL in Rai clinical stage 0. PATIENTS AND ...

Spontaneous hemoperitoneum may be a life-threatening occurrence. It most frequently presents with acute abdominal pain. Computed tomography (CT) is the most commonly used modality in the initial work up of these patients, but sonography and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) play a role in the diagnosis. The etiology is varied, yet ...

At our institution, helical CT of the abdomen and pelvis with intravenous and rectal contrast (CTRC) has become the modality of choice for investigation of patients with right lower quadrant pain and clinical suspicion of acute appendicitis. CTRC has proven useful for the diagnosis of acute appendicitis (AA) and at ...

BACKGROUND: Assessment of patients in the emergency department who sustain blunt abdominal trauma represents a significant diagnostic challenge. Computed tomography (CT) is increasingly used as the principal investigation for these patients. A sensitive screening test could safely reduce the use of CT. OBJECTIVES: To appraise the evidence supporting the use ...

A 38-year-old woman presented with abdominal pain and left shoulder pain. A computed tomography scan was obtained, which demonstrated a rounded soft tissue density with surrounding stranding. It was interpreted as an infarcted splenule. Due to the increasing severity of the patient's symptoms, a laparoscopic exploration was performed. Pathology demonstrated ...

Patients with abdominal pain and bloody diarrhea often present in the acute setting to the emergency department for evaluation. After the appropriate clinical assessment, cross-sectional imaging is often utilized to evaluate for the severity of the disease. Although a wide spectrum of findings may be seen, diffuse colonic mural thickening, ...

BACKGROUND: Abdominal desmoid tumor is one of the forms of deep (musculoaponeurotic) fibromatosis. It occurs more often as a desmoid tumor in the abdominal wall, less often in various intra-abdominal locations. In this work, we performed retrospective study concerning diagnostic problems of this disease with the use of imaging techniques. ...

OBJECTIVE: To identify an anatomically defined region of interest (ROI) from DXA assessment of body composition that when combined with anthropometry can be used to accurately predict intra-abdominal adipose tissue (IAAT) in overweight/obese individuals. RESEARCH METHODS AND PROCEDURES: Forty-one postmenopausal women (age, 49 to 66 years; BMI, 26 to 37 ...

Acute appendicitis is the most common acute surgical condition of the abdomen. Computed tomography (CT) and Ultrasonography (US) can reduce the rate of complications and unnecessary appendectomies, in addition, they can establish an alternative diagnosis. We carried out a systematic review to evaluate the evidence relating radiological imaging (US and ...

Epigastric heteropagus twins (EHT) are an exceedingly rare form of asymmetric conjoined twins in whom the dependent twin (parasite) is attached to the right or left upper abdomen of the dominant part (autosite). Such a case observed at our institution with 34 month follow-up is presented here and the surgical ...

AIM: Post-transplant lymphoproliferative disease (PTLD) is a rare condition, which should be well known to all paediatric medical facilities dealing with bone marrow and solid organ transplantation. The spectrum and the primary detecting modality of the initial imaging findings in paediatric transplant recipients with abdominal and soft-tissue PTLD should be ...

Diagnostic imaging technology has advanced considerably during the past two decades. Different imaging techniques have been proposed for abdominal imaging in critically ill patients like plain radiography, sonography, computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance and positron emission tomography. Sonography has been proven to be effective to detect free intra-peritoneal fluid and ...

RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES: We sought to assess retrospectively the added value of coronal reformations from isotropic voxels obtained with 64-slice multidetector row computed tomography (CT) of the acute abdomen. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This retrospective study was approved by the institutional review board and informed consent was waived. Multidetector helical 64-section ...

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the sonographic visualization of the normal adult appendix, a large series of sonographic images from consecutive asymptomatic patients was analyzed. METHODS: A total of 788 consecutive adult patients (402 male and 386 female; median age +/- SD, 51.1 +/- 17.2 years; range, 16-91 years) were examined by ...

Neck pain is a common presentation in emergency departments that requires the exclusion of serious underlying pathological entities. Acute calcific retropharyngeal tendinitis is a rare and underrecognized cause of atraumatic neck pain and stiffness. Although this entity has been reported previously, it is often poorly recognized and is often confused ...

BACKGROUND: The acute abdomen is a frequent entity at the Emergency Department (ED), which usually needs rapid and accurate diagnostic work-up. Diagnostic work-up with imaging can consist of plain X-ray, ultrasonography (US), computed tomography (CT) and even diagnostic laparoscopy. However, no evidence-based guidelines exist in current literature. The actual diagnostic ...

OBJECTIVES: To determine the role of abdominal computed tomography (CT) imaging in patients with right lower quadrant (RLQ) pain. The authors hypothesized that selective use of abdominal CT would reduce imaging without increasing the rates of negative appendectomy and perforated appendicitis. METHODS: A prospective randomized clinical trial was conducted in ...

PURPOSE: To retrospectively evaluate the accuracy of multidetector computed tomography (CT) in the diagnosis of perforated acute appendicitis by using surgery and pathologic examination combined as the reference standard. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The study was institutional review board approved and HIPAA compliant. Informed patient consent was waived. The authors retrospectively ...

BACKGROUND: Antenatal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is useful for the diagnosis of abdominal wall defects. Its predictive value concerning the possibility of primary closure of the abdominal wall, however, has so far not been reported. METHODS: Between August 2001 and November 2004, antenatal MRI was performed on 9 patients with ...

The diagnosis of uncomplicated acute appendicitis is often straightforward, allowing timely appendicectomy without the need for expensive tests or imaging. Repeated clinical examination by an experienced surgeon has traditionally been the key to making the diagnosis in both straightforward and difficult cases. Nonetheless, all surgeons will remove some normal appendices. ...

Torsion of a nongravid uterus is extremely rare. Most cases of uterine torsion occur during pregnancy. Here we report a case of nongravid uterus torsion with a large adnexal mass. A 73-year-old woman presented at the emergency room with acute abdominal pain. A preoperative diagnosis of torsion of an ovarian ...

Ileal dysgenesis is an uncommon condition of unknown etiology occurring in the distal ileum in the region of the vitelline duct. The CT appearance of this lesion, although not previously described to our knowledge, is characteristic. We report a patient with ileal dysgenesis who had an abdominal CT scan to ...

OBJECTIVES: (1) Determine if older patients with abdominal pain who receive emergency department (ED) abdominal CT have changes in diagnosis and/or disposition more often than similar patients without CT; (2) compare physician confidence in diagnosis and disposition for patients with versus without CT; (3) document factors that most influence physician's ...

MR imaging enables diagnosis of a variety of maternal diseases presenting as acute abdominal pain in pregnant patients. MR imaging is a valuable complement to ultrasound in the determination of the exact etiology of acute abdominal pain, and it is important for the radiologist to recognize the MR imaging appearance ...

OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to retrospectively analyze the last 100 consecutive emergency appendectomies performed in the authors' institution, which is a community-based teaching hospital, and look at the accuracy of the CT scan in the diagnosis of acute appendicitis. DESIGN: Retrospective clinical study. SETTING: A 600-bed community-based ...

Evaluating children for appendicitis can be extremely difficult, and various strategies have been developed to improve the precision of preoperative diagnosis. Among these, ultrasound and computed tomography (CT) are now widely used but remain controversial. Although CT scanning is superior to ultrasound in terms of diagnostic accuracy for appendicitis, the ...

At many centers, CT has become the primary imaging modality for children who have abdominal pain. CT, however, delivers a substantial radiation dose, which is of particular concern in the pediatric patient. In contrast, sonography does not expose the patient to ionizing radiation. Properly performed, sonography is capable of providing ...

BACKGROUND: Despite our regular use of CT for suspected appendicitis, a recent study at our institution demonstrated a negative appendectomy (NA) rate similar to our rate 15 years earlier. Based on analysis of this data, a diagnostic pathway was implemented prospectively for adult patients with possible appendicitis. STUDY DESIGN: Rates ...