Preoperative Diagnosis of Right Paraduodenal Hernia by Multidetector Computed Tomography

Preoperative diagnosis of Amyand's hernia by ultrasound and computed tomography

Inguinal hernia is the most common seen groin hernias which mostly contain bowel. The incidence of vermiform appendix in an inguinal hernia is seen in 1% of all inguinal hernia. This is known as Amyand's hernia. Appendix within a hernia can be normal or complicated by appendicitis. Most of these cases are not diagnosed preoperatively and managed during surgery. Preoperative diagnosis of these c...

Incarcerated Spigelian hernia: diagnosis by computed tomography.

We present the case report of a fifty-eight-year-old female hypertensive and obese, with no history of previous abdominal surgery was admitted in the emergency department of our hospital with abdominal pain in right flank and lower quadrant with nausea of one month’s duration that had worsened in the past 48 hours. On examination, we found acceptable condition and abdomen soft, but very painful...

Diagnosis of acute myopericarditis by delayed-enhancement multidetector computed tomography.

Multidetector computed tomography in the preoperative staging of gastric adenocarcinoma*

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the role of multidetector computed tomography in the preoperative investigation of tumor invasion depth and lymph node and metastatic involvement according to the TNM classification, in patients with gastric adenocarcinoma. MATERIALS AND METHODS Fifty-four patients with biopsy-confirmed gastric cancer underwent preoperative staging with 64-channel multidetector computed ...

Applying preoperative multidetector computed tomography to bilateral coronary artery fistulas.

Coronary artery fistula arising from both the right coronary artery and the circumflex coronary artery is rare. A 28-year-old woman with non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus and end-stage renal disease who was on regular hemodialysis complained of recent progressive exertional dyspnea. Congestive heart failure was diagnosed during work-up for simultaneous kidney and pancreas transplantation....