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Revision as of 15:12, 21 December 2018
Author:
Mikael Häggström [notes 1]
Contents
Locations
Basic screening
Compare with any previous exam.
Example approach:
- Liver, spleen and adrenals: Scan through the entire volumes and look mainly for focal changes.
- The thickness of the adrenal glands is normally up to 1.0 cm.[1]
Further information:
Large intestine
Small intestine
On CT scans, a small intestinal diameter of over 2.5 cm is considered abnormally dilated.[3][4][5]
Report
Aneurysm
Notes
- ↑ For a full list of contributors, see article history. Creators of images are attributed at the image description pages, seen by clicking on the images. See Radlines:Authorship for details.
References
- ↑ Antonio Carlos A. Westphalen and Bonnie N. Joe (2006). "CT and MRI of Adrenal Masses ". Appl Radiol 35 (8): 10–26. Archived from the original. .
- ↑ "Deficient Pms2, ERCC1, Ku86, CcOI in field defects during progression to colon cancer ". J Vis Exp (41). 2010. doi: . PMID 20689513.
- ↑ Ali Nawaz Khan (2016-09-22). Small-Bowel Obstruction Imaging. Medscape. Retrieved on 2017-02-07.
- ↑ . Abdominal X-ray - Abnormal bowel gas pattern. radiologymasterclass.co.uk. Retrieved on 2017-02-07.
- ↑ Gazelle, G S; Goldberg, M A; Wittenberg, J; Halpern, E F; Pinkney, L; Mueller, P R (1994). "Efficacy of CT in distinguishing small-bowel obstruction from other causes of small-bowel dilatation. ". American Journal of Roentgenology 162 (1): 43–47. doi: . ISSN 0361-803X.