Acute Bowel Computed Tomography

Authors

Abdulmalik Dredar MD, Baystate HealthFollow
Prem Thanaratnam MD, Baystate HealthFollow
Kaiser Hussain MD, Baystate HealthFollow
Edward Mtui MD, Baystate HealthFollow
Tara Catanzano MD, Baystate HealthFollow

Author Department

Radiology

Document Type

Article, Peer-reviewed

Publication Date

8-2017

Abstract

Acute abdominal pain is a common presenting complaint in the emergency department. Increasingly, computed tomography is utilized for evaluating these patients. Radiologists are therefore expected to be familiar with the pertinent clinical and radiologic information related to acute bowel pathology. This primer will review the need-to-know and latest updates related to computed tomography evaluation of acute bowel pathology.

Recommended Citation

Dredar A, Thanaratnam P, Hussain K, Andrews S, Mtui E, Catanzano T. Acute Bowel Computed Tomography. Semin Ultrasound CT MR. 2017 Aug;38(4):399-413.

PMID

28865529