Imagerie des urgences abdominales non traumatiques de l'adulte

(2004) EMC - Radiologie — Vol. 1, n° 2, p. 233-279 (2004)

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Acute abdominal pain is a common cause of admission in emergency rooms. Modern imaging techniques take a major place in the management of these situations. This chapter presents some aspects of conventional imaging; it develops also the contribution of cross sectional imaging for the diagnostic of acute abdominal diseases in adults. An optimal diagnosis is based on a rational use of sonography and computed body tomography, leading to a reduced number of unnecessary operations. Early diagnosis of common and uncommon acute abdominal diseases helps preventing dramatic evolution such as a perforation. © 2004 Elsevier SAS. Tous droits réservés.
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Danse, E. (2004). Imagerie des urgences abdominales non traumatiques de l’adulte. EMC - Radiologie, 1(2), 233-279. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.emcrad.2004.02.005 (Original work published 2004)