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ACUTE ABDOMEN
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Inflammation Versus ObstructionOrgan Lesion
Stomach Gastric UlcerDuodenal Ulcer
Biliary Tract
Acute chol’y +/-choledocholithiasis
Pancreas Acute, recurrent, or chronic pancreatitis
Small Intestine
Crohn’s diseaseMeckel’s diverticulum
Large Intestine
AppendicitisDiverticulitis
Location Lesion
Small Bowel Obstruction
AdhesionsBulgesCancerCrohn’s diseaseGallstone ileusIntussusceptionVolvulus
Large BowelObstruction
MalignancyVolvulus: cecal or sigmoidDiverticulitis
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Causes by Systems
System Disease System DiseaseCardiac Myocardial infarction
Acute pericarditisEndocrine Diabetic ketoacidosis
Addisonian crisis
Pulmonary PneumoniaPulmonary infarctionPE
Metabolic Acute porphyriaMediterranean feverHyperlipidemia
GI Acute pancreatitisGastroenteritisAcute hepatitis
Musculo- skeletal
Rectus muscle hematoma
GU Pyelonephritis CNSPNS
Tabes dorsalis (syph)Nerve root compression
Vascular Aortic dissection Heme Sickle cell crisis
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Diagnosis
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PNEUMOPERITONEUM
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CAUSES:Bowel perforationInsufflation of gas (CO2 or
air) during laparoscopy.
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Abdominal X-rayAlthough the erect chest X-ray is a much
more sensitive investigation for pneumoperitoneum, there are several signs that may be useful in detecting free gas on an abdominal X-ray.
Rigler's/double wall signRigler's sign (also known as the double wall
sign) is the appearance of lucency (gas) on both sides of the bowel wall.
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Football sign - example2 radiographs were required to completely cover the abdomen in this large patientA large volume of free gas has risen to the front of the peritoneal cavity resulting in a large round black area - 'football sign'The double wall sign (Rigler's) is also visible (arrowhead)
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The cupola sign is seen on a supine chest or abdominal radiograph .It refers to dependant air that rises within the abdominal cavity of the supine patient to accumulate underneath the central tendon of the diaphragm in the midline. The superior border is well defined, but the inferior margin is not. Hence, it appears like an inverted cup, hence the name.
cupola sign
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Decubitus Abdomen Sign
There is evidence of free air between the abdominal wall and the liver (white arrow). There is also evidence of free fluid in the peritoneum (black arrow).
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Contrast-enhanced axial CT scan through the liver shows a
collection of air anterior to the liver. Also note the air surrounding the gallbladder.
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SMALL BOWEL OBSTRUCTION
CausesAdhesionsBulgesCancerCrohn’s diseaseGallstone ileusIntussusceptionVolvulus
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Fluid Filled Small Bowel Air Filled Small Bowel
String-of-Pearls Sign: Erect
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ILEUSHypomotility of the gastrointestinal tract in the
absence of mechanical bowel obstruction.
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• Appearance are similar to those of Mechanical obstruction
• There are multiple loops of gas filled bowels centrally over abdomen
• This patient had prolonged non colicky abdominal pain following a cesarean section
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Sentinel LoopA localized loop of small bowel is dilated with acute pancreatitis
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LARGE BOWEL OBSTRUCTION
CAUSES
Colo-rectal carcinoma Diverticular strictures Hernias Volvulus
Adhesions do not commonly cause large bowel obstruction.
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Large bowel obstructionHere the colon is dilated down to the level of the distal descending colon. There is the impression of soft tissue density at the level of obstruction (X). No gas is seen within the sigmoid colon.Obstruction is not absolute in this patient as a small volume of gas has reached the rectum (arrow).An obstructing colon carcinoma was confirmed on CT and at surgery.
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VOLVULUS
Twisting of the bowel The two commonest types of
bowel twisting are sigmoid volvulus and caecal volvulus.
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SIGMOID Volvulus
The sigmoid colon is more prone to twisting than other segments of the large bowel because it is 'mobile' on its own mesentery, which arises from a fixed point in the left iliac fossa (LIF).
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CAECAL VOLVULUS
Caecum is most frequently a retroperitoneal structure, and therefore not susceptible to twisting. However, in up to 20% of individuals there is congenital incomplete peritoneal covering of the caecum.
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The massively dilated caecum no longer lies in the right iliac fossa (RIF).
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ACUTE APPENDICITIS
Causes Stones, food,
mucus adhesions Tumors lymphoid
hyperplasia
Findings on plain film Normal Focal ileus Appendicolith Mass Free air is very rare
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Normal appendix; Barium enema radiographic examination.
Normal appendix; Computed tomography (CT) scan
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a normal appendix. A and B, longitudinal (A) and transverse (B) sonogram, showing the appendix (arrowheads) with a diameter less than the 6 mm cut-off point, surrounded by normal no inflamed fat.
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Longitudinal and transverse sonogram show an enlarged appendix (arrows) surrounded by hyper echoic inflamed fat (arrowheads).
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ACUTE PANCREATITISCauses
GallstonesAlcohol abuse, usually chronicERCP-inducedTrauma, more often penetratingDrug-inducedInfectious, especially post-viral in
childrenVasculitisIdiopathic
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Normal Pancreas
Acute Pancreatitis
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The pancreas is enlarged (blue arrow) with indistinct and shaggy margins.There is peripancreatic fluid (red arrow) and extensive peripancreatic infiltration of thesurrounding fat (black arrow).
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ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS
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Transverse ultrasound image (with color flow) thickening of the gallbladder wall (two-head arrow), distended gallbladder.
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Coronal CT image performed ,reveals gas (arrow) in the gallbladder lumen, marked thickening of the gallbladder wall (double-head arrow), distention of gallbladder, enhancement of gallbladder wall (arrowheads). Conglomerate mass in the gallbladder wall represents sludge. Findings are consistent with emphysematous cholecystitis.
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