Curriculum and Recommendations for Study
Abdomen: O.Clark West, MD
Case Illustration Editor: Cynthia Day, MD

Non-traumatic Abdominal Emergencies The peritoneal cavity Ascities Peritonitis Abdominal abscess Liver and biliary tract Jaundice: obstructive and non-obstructive Cholecystitis Pancreatitis Urinary tract Urinary stones Infection Pyelonephritis Renal abscess Adrenal hemorrhage Gastrointestinal tract Gastrointestinal hemorrhage Bowel obstruction Bowel infarction Bowel infection Appendicitis Diverticulitis Infectious enteritis and colitis Epiploic appendagitis Inflammatory bowel disease Crohn disease Ulcerative colitis

Abdominal Trauma Hemoperitoneum and intraperitoneal fluid Hemodynamic status assessment Retroperitoneal hemorrhage Gas collections: intraperitoneal and retroperitoneal Active arterial extravasation on CT Splenic injuries Liver injuries Gallbladder and biliary injuries Bowel injuries Mesenteric injuries Pancreatic injuries Renal injuries Adrenal injuries Bladder injuries: intraperitoneal and extraperitoneal Abdominal wall injuries and diaphragmatic hernias

Suggested Readings:

Baker SR, Cho KC, The Abdominal Plain Film with Correlative Imaging. Stamford, CT: Appleton & Lange, 1999.

Jeffrey RB, Jrl, Ralls PW. CT and Sonography of the Acute Abdomen. 2nd ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott-Raven, 1996.

McKenney KL. Ultrasound of Blunt Abdominal Trauma, The Radiology Clinics of North America 1999;37-879-894.

Novelline RA, Rhea JT, Bell T. Helical CT of Abdominal Trauma. The Radiology Clinics of North America 1999; 37; 591-612.

Rao PM, Rhea JT, Novelline RA. Helical CT of Appendicitis and Diverticulitis. The Radiology Clinics of North America 1999; 895-910

Smith RC, Levine J, Rosenfeld AT, Helical CT of Urinary Tract Stones: Epidemiology, Origin, Pathophysiology, Diagnosis and Management. The Radiology Clinics of North America 1999; 37: 911-952.

West OC, Jarolimek AM. Abdomen: Traumatic Emergencies In: The Radiology of Emergency Medicine. 4th ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2000:689-724.

West OC, Tamm EP, Kawashima A, Jarolimek AM. Abdomen: Non-traumatic Emergencies In: The Radiology of Emergency Medicine. 4th ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2000:583-657