CT of the Acute Abdomen

Epidemiological Data and Clinical Findings: Non-Traumatic Acute Abdomen.- Traumatic acute abdomen.- Key CT Findings: Features and Significance CT Findings.- CT Techniques: Non-Traumatic Acute Abdomen.- Traumatic Acute Abdomen.-CT Diagnosis in Non-Traumatic Abdomen: Acute Liver Disease.- Acute Biliary Disease.- Acute Splenic Disease.- Pancreatitis.- Appendicitis.- Diverticulitis.- Colitis.- Gastritis and Enteritis.- Ischemia (Acute Mesenteric Ischemia and Ischemia Colitis).- Bowel Obstruction.- Bowel Perforation.- GI Bleeding.- Intra and Retroperitoneal Bleeding.- Renal and Adrenal Emergencies.- Gynecological Emergencies.- Acute Disease of the Intra-Abdominal Fat (Panniculitis, Appendagitis, GE Torsion).- Acute Disease of the Muscles and of the Abdominal Wall.- Complications of Surgery (Abdominal, Urologic and Gynecologic Emergencies).- CT Diagnosis in Traumatic Abdomen: Blunt Trauma.- Open Trauma.- Subject Index.

From the reviews:

"A comprehensive review of the performance and interpretation of CT scanning in patients with an acute abdomen ... . It will be of great value to trainees trying to come to grips with the use of CT for different clinical scenarios in relation to these patients, as well as providing a useful source of reference for those already established in this field of imaging. ... It will be a useful addition to the collection of bench books in CT, or the library of training schemes." (Paul Allan, RAD Magazine, June, 2012)

"The text provides an introduction ... to each condition, followed by a discussion of clinical presentation, laboratory, radiographic, ultrasound and CT findings and possible pitfalls (presented and discussed in extenso), differential diagnosis, enriched by tables summarizing the most important data and proper and well reproduced images. ... a user-friendly companion to general radiologists and most of all to Emergency Department radiologists, clinicians, and abdominal surgeons who will find a source of knowledge deriving from the large experience of the book's editor and his co-authors." (G. Beluffi, La Radiologia Medica, Vol. 118, 2013)