CT findings in acute peritonitis: a pattern-based approach
| Autor: | Antonella Filippone, Roberta Cianci, Andrea Delli Pizzi, Gianluigi Esposito, Pierluigi Pulsone, Alessandra Tavoletta, Mauro Timpani, Antonio Raffaele Cotroneo |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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| Zdroj: | Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Vol 21, Iss 6, Pp 435-440 (2015) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 1305-3825 1305-3612 |
| DOI: | 10.5152/dir.2015.15066 |
| Popis: | Many inflammatory and infectious entities may acutely affect the peritoneum causing a thickening of its layers. Unfortunately, several acute peritoneal diseases can have overlapping features, both clinically and at imaging. Therefore, the awareness of the clinical context, although useful, may be sometimes insufficient to identify the underlying cause. This article provides a specific computed tomography-based approach including morphologic characteristics of peritoneal thickening (e.g., smooth, irregular, or nodular) and ancillary findings to narrow the differential diagnosis of acute peritonitis. |
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