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Role of imaging in visceral vascular emergencies
Differential diagnosis in non-traumatic acute abdomen is broad and unrelated diseases may simulate each other from a clinical perspective. Despite the fact that they are not as common, acute abdominal pain due to diseases related to visceral vessels may be life-threating if not detected and treated...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7561664/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33057847 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13244-020-00913-3 |
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author | Karaosmanoglu, Ali Devrim Uysal, Aycan Akata, Deniz Ozmen, Mustafa Nasuh Karcaaltincaba, Musturay |
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description | Differential diagnosis in non-traumatic acute abdomen is broad and unrelated diseases may simulate each other from a clinical perspective. Despite the fact that they are not as common, acute abdominal pain due to diseases related to visceral vessels may be life-threating if not detected and treated promptly. Thrombosis, dissection, and aneurysm in the abdominal visceral arteries or thrombosis in visceral veins may cause acute abdominal pain. Imaging with appropriate protocoling plays a fundamental role in both early diagnosis and determination of the treatment approach in these cases where early treatment can be life-saving. Computed tomography (CT) appears to be the most effective modality for the diagnosis as it provides high detail images in a very short time. Patient cooperation is also a less concern as compared to magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). As the imaging findings may sometimes be really subtle, diagnosis may be difficult especially to inexperienced imagers. Correct protocoling is also very critical to detect arterial abnormalities as visceral arterial abnormalities may not be detectable in portal phase only abdominal CT scans. In this article, we aimed to increase awareness among imaging specialists to these not very common causes of acute abdomen. |
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spelling | pubmed-75616642020-10-19 Role of imaging in visceral vascular emergencies Karaosmanoglu, Ali Devrim Uysal, Aycan Akata, Deniz Ozmen, Mustafa Nasuh Karcaaltincaba, Musturay Insights Imaging Educational Review Differential diagnosis in non-traumatic acute abdomen is broad and unrelated diseases may simulate each other from a clinical perspective. Despite the fact that they are not as common, acute abdominal pain due to diseases related to visceral vessels may be life-threating if not detected and treated promptly. Thrombosis, dissection, and aneurysm in the abdominal visceral arteries or thrombosis in visceral veins may cause acute abdominal pain. Imaging with appropriate protocoling plays a fundamental role in both early diagnosis and determination of the treatment approach in these cases where early treatment can be life-saving. Computed tomography (CT) appears to be the most effective modality for the diagnosis as it provides high detail images in a very short time. Patient cooperation is also a less concern as compared to magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). As the imaging findings may sometimes be really subtle, diagnosis may be difficult especially to inexperienced imagers. Correct protocoling is also very critical to detect arterial abnormalities as visceral arterial abnormalities may not be detectable in portal phase only abdominal CT scans. In this article, we aimed to increase awareness among imaging specialists to these not very common causes of acute abdomen. Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2020-10-15 /pmc/articles/PMC7561664/ /pubmed/33057847 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13244-020-00913-3 Text en © The Author(s) 2020 Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. |
spellingShingle | Educational Review Karaosmanoglu, Ali Devrim Uysal, Aycan Akata, Deniz Ozmen, Mustafa Nasuh Karcaaltincaba, Musturay Role of imaging in visceral vascular emergencies |
title | Role of imaging in visceral vascular emergencies |
title_full | Role of imaging in visceral vascular emergencies |
title_fullStr | Role of imaging in visceral vascular emergencies |
title_full_unstemmed | Role of imaging in visceral vascular emergencies |
title_short | Role of imaging in visceral vascular emergencies |
title_sort | role of imaging in visceral vascular emergencies |
topic | Educational Review |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7561664/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33057847 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13244-020-00913-3 |
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