Abdominal CT: necrotizing pancreatitis
Abdominal CT: pancreatitis. Recognizing acute necrotizing pancreatitis; and late stage development of pseudocysts and walled-off necrosis
Category General Surgery
Abdominal CT: interstitial pancreatitis
Abdominal CT: bowel perforation. Perforation of the gastrointestinal tract can be due to a variety of causes.
Abdominal CT: bowel perforation
Abdominal CT: bowel perforation. Perforation of the gastrointestinal tract can be due to a variety of causes.
Abdominal CT: peptic ulcer perforation
Abdominal CT: peptic ulcer perforation. The pattern of fluid, air, and inflammation help to locate the source of perforation.
Abdominal CT: peptic ulcer disease
Abdominal CT: peptic ulcer disease. Recognising peptic ulcer disease and key CT findings to increase radiological suspicion
Abdominal CT: enteritis and colitis
Abdominal CT: enteritis and colitis. Identifying enteritis and colitis, we review the most common presentations of gastrointestinal tract inflammation
Abdominal CT: closed loop
Abdominal CT: closed loop obstruction. Identifying closed loop small bowel obstruction from adhesions, hernia or volvulus
Abdominal CT: small bowel obstruction
Abdominal CT: small bowel obstruction. Diagnosing small bowel obstruction examining bowel dilatation, transition point and faecalisation
Abdominal CT: appendicitis
Abdominal CT: appendicitis. Identifying acute appendicitis, perforated appendix and abscess formation
François Calot
Jean-François Calot (1861-1944) was a French surgeon. Eponymously associated with Calot’s Triangle (cystohepatic triangle) (1890)
Bernhard Naunyn
Bernhard Naunyn (1839-1925) was a German physician and pathologist.
Nicholas Alders
Nicholas Alders (1904-1995) was a Hungarian born, Austrian trained, English naturalised obstetrician, gynaecologist and surgeon. Remembered for his description of Alders sign (1951)