Abdominal Hernias, Giant Colon Diverticulum, GIST, Intestinal Pneumatosis, Colon Ischemia, Cold Intussusception, Gallstone Ileus, and Foreign Bodies: Our Experience and Literature Review of Incidental Gastrointestinal MDCT Findings.
Biomed Res Int
; 2017: 5716835, 2017.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-28638830
ABSTRACT
Incidental gastrointestinal findings are commonly detected on MDCT exams performed for various medical indications. This review describes the radiological MDCT spectrum of appearances already present in the past literature and in today's experience of several gastrointestinal acute conditions such as abdominal hernia, giant colon diverticulum, GIST, intestinal pneumatosis, colon ischemia, cold intussusception, gallstone ileus, and foreign bodies which can require medical and surgical intervention or clinical follow-up. The clinical presentation of this illness is frequently nonspecific abdominal pain, distension, nausea, fever, rectal bleeding, vomiting, constipation, or a palpable mass, depending on the disease. A proper differential diagnosis is essential in the assessment of treatment and in this case MDCT exam plays a central rule. We wish that this article will familiarize the radiologist in the diagnosis of this kind of incidental MDCT findings for better orientation of the therapy.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Pneumatosis Cystoides Intestinalis
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Gallstones
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Colon
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Hernia, Abdominal
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Diverticulum, Colon
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Multidetector Computed Tomography
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Foreign Bodies
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Intussusception
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Ischemia
Type of study:
Diagnostic_studies
Limits:
Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
Biomed Res Int
Year:
2017
Document type:
Article