Abdominal CT: renal stones
Abdominal CT: renal stones. Renal stones are hard deposits that form in the kidney. They can move down the urinary tract, causing obstruction and pain as well as blood in the urine.
Category General Surgery
Abdominal CT: necrotizing pancreatitis
Abdominal CT: pancreatitis. Recognizing acute necrotizing pancreatitis; and late stage development of pseudocysts and walled-off necrosis
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.