TY - JOUR
T1 - Abdominal CT findings in nontraumatic colorectal perforation
AU - Zissin, Rivka
AU - Hertz, Marjorie
AU - Osadchy, Alexandra
AU - Even-Sapir, Einat
AU - Gayer, Gabriela
PY - 2008/1
Y1 - 2008/1
N2 - Colorectal perforation is an emergent medical condition in which the diagnosis and the etiology are often established on CT, the common imaging modality used for evaluating the acute abdomen. The cardinal, direct CT features suggesting perforation are extraluminal air and enteric contrast, added by secondary signs of bowel pathology, such as focal bowel wall thickening and bowel wall defect. This pictorial review will illustrate the CT findings of colorectal perforation caused by various clinical entities.
AB - Colorectal perforation is an emergent medical condition in which the diagnosis and the etiology are often established on CT, the common imaging modality used for evaluating the acute abdomen. The cardinal, direct CT features suggesting perforation are extraluminal air and enteric contrast, added by secondary signs of bowel pathology, such as focal bowel wall thickening and bowel wall defect. This pictorial review will illustrate the CT findings of colorectal perforation caused by various clinical entities.
KW - Colon
KW - Iatrogenic injury-acute diverticulitis
KW - Neoplasm-colon
KW - Perforation-colon
KW - Perforation-computerized tomography (CT)
KW - Perforation-stercoral colitis
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ejrad.2007.03.014
DO - 10.1016/j.ejrad.2007.03.014
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C2 - 17466477
AN - SCOPUS:37549065940
SN - 0720-048X
VL - 65
SP - 125
EP - 132
JO - European Journal of Radiology
JF - European Journal of Radiology
IS - 1
ER -