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 Medical Specialty
Abdominal CT: necrotizing pancreatitis
Abdominal CT: pancreatitis. Recognizing acute necrotizing pancreatitis; and late stage development of pseudocysts and walled-off necrosis
CT Case 026
A 21yo female is brought in by ambulance. She was the driver of a vehicle involved in a head on crash at 70kph.
Abdominal CT: interstitial pancreatitis
Abdominal CT: bowel perforation. Perforation of the gastrointestinal tract can be due to a variety of causes.
CT Case 024
A 48-year-old female presents with 3 days of right lower abdominal pain and fever with a background of previous recurrent pelvic inflammatory disease.
CT Case 025
A 50yo normally well man presents with 36 hours of fevers and RLQ pain. He has localised tenderness in McBurney’s point with a pulse rate of 105bpm.
CT Case 023
A 50 yo male is brought in by ambulance in a shocked state. He has a 3-day history of fevers, vomiting and right thigh pain on the background of morbid obesity, type II diabetes and hypertension.
CT Case 022
A 40-year-old female, is brought into ED with an abrupt onset of reduced level of consciousness. She had been experiencing several days of headache prior to presentation.
CT Case 021
23-year-old male self presents to emergency following a fall whilst intoxicated with alcohol. He sustained injuries to his head and face
CT Case 020
A 35-year-old male presents after a workplace injury. He suffered a penetrating globe injury when a 7.5cm nail from a nail gun penetrated his right eye.
CT Case 019
35 yo female presents with left eye proptosis, left eyelid swelling and a divergent strabismus. A CT brain is performed.
Abdominal CT: reporting
Abdominal CT reporting: The basis of both image review and reporting is that of a search pattern.