Computed Tomography (CT) of bowel and mesenteric injury in blunt abdominal trauma: a pictorial essay

Computed Tomography (CT) of bowel and mesenteric injury in blunt abdominal trauma: a pictorial essay

Computed tomography (CT) is currently the diagnostic modality of choice in the evaluation of clinically stable patients with blunt abdominal trauma, including the assessment of blunt bowel and mesenteric injuries. CT signs of bowel and/or mesenteric injuries are bowel wall defect, free air, ora...

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Main Authors: Hassan, Radhiana, Abd. Aziz, Azian, Che Mohamed, Siti Kamariah
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Malaysian Medical Associations 2012
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R Medicine (General)
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spelling iium-267262013-04-26T08:31:37Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/26726/ Computed Tomography (CT) of bowel and mesenteric injury in blunt abdominal trauma: a pictorial essay Hassan, Radhiana Abd. Aziz, Azian Che Mohamed, Siti Kamariah R Medicine (General) Computed tomography (CT) is currently the diagnostic modality of choice in the evaluation of clinically stable patients with blunt abdominal trauma, including the assessment of blunt bowel and mesenteric injuries. CT signs of bowel and/or mesenteric injuries are bowel wall defect, free air, oral contrast material extravasation, extravasation of contrast material from mesenteric vessels, mesenteric vascular beading, abrupt termination of mesenteric vessels, focal bowel wall thickening, mesenteric fat stranding, mesenteric haematoma and intraperitoneal or retroperitoneal fluid. This pictorial essay illustrates CT features of bowel and/or mesenteric injuries in patients with blunt abdominal trauma. Pitfalls in interpretation of images are emphasized in proven cases. Malaysian Medical Associations 2012-08 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/26726/1/Bowel-and-mesenteric-injury_mjm.pdf Hassan, Radhiana and Abd. Aziz, Azian and Che Mohamed, Siti Kamariah (2012) Computed Tomography (CT) of bowel and mesenteric injury in blunt abdominal trauma: a pictorial essay. Medical Journal of Malaysia, 67 (4). pp. 445-452. ISSN 0300-5283 http://www.e-mjm.org/2012/v67n4/Bowel-and-mesenteric-injury.pdf
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topic R Medicine (General)
spellingShingle R Medicine (General)
Hassan, Radhiana
Abd. Aziz, Azian
Che Mohamed, Siti Kamariah
Computed Tomography (CT) of bowel and mesenteric injury in blunt abdominal trauma: a pictorial essay
description Computed tomography (CT) is currently the diagnostic modality of choice in the evaluation of clinically stable patients with blunt abdominal trauma, including the assessment of blunt bowel and mesenteric injuries. CT signs of bowel and/or mesenteric injuries are bowel wall defect, free air, oral contrast material extravasation, extravasation of contrast material from mesenteric vessels, mesenteric vascular beading, abrupt termination of mesenteric vessels, focal bowel wall thickening, mesenteric fat stranding, mesenteric haematoma and intraperitoneal or retroperitoneal fluid. This pictorial essay illustrates CT features of bowel and/or mesenteric injuries in patients with blunt abdominal trauma. Pitfalls in interpretation of images are emphasized in proven cases.
format Article
author Hassan, Radhiana
Abd. Aziz, Azian
Che Mohamed, Siti Kamariah
author_facet Hassan, Radhiana
Abd. Aziz, Azian
Che Mohamed, Siti Kamariah
author_sort Hassan, Radhiana
title Computed Tomography (CT) of bowel and mesenteric injury in blunt abdominal trauma: a pictorial essay
title_short Computed Tomography (CT) of bowel and mesenteric injury in blunt abdominal trauma: a pictorial essay
title_full Computed Tomography (CT) of bowel and mesenteric injury in blunt abdominal trauma: a pictorial essay
title_fullStr Computed Tomography (CT) of bowel and mesenteric injury in blunt abdominal trauma: a pictorial essay
title_full_unstemmed Computed Tomography (CT) of bowel and mesenteric injury in blunt abdominal trauma: a pictorial essay
title_sort computed tomography (ct) of bowel and mesenteric injury in blunt abdominal trauma: a pictorial essay
publisher Malaysian Medical Associations
publishDate 2012
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/26726/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/26726/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/26726/1/Bowel-and-mesenteric-injury_mjm.pdf
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