Small Bowel Mechanical Occlusion and Computed Tomography Severity Indicators: What to Look for

Computed Tomography (CT) allows detecting different aspects of small bowel pathology in course of mechanical obstruction, principally correlated to circulatory disturbances, giving useful indications for a surgical treatment

Venous Congestion in Acute Mechanical Intestinal Obstruction: A Computed Tomography Guided Study

Intestinal mechanical obstruction is often joined with a diffuse venous congestion.Computed Tomography (CT) is helpful in demonstrating this condition,important from a general-clinical,diagnostic and therapeutic point of view

GLOBUS-PALLIDUS ALTERATIONS AND BRAIN ATROPHY IN LIVER-CIRRHOSIS PATIENTS WITH ENCEPHALOPATHY - AN MR IMAGING STUDY

Brain magnetic resonance (MR) was performed in 29 liver cirrhosis patients without (N = 10) and with hepatic encephalopathy (HE) of chronic recurrent (N = 10) and of chronic persistent (N = 9) type. Sixty percent of the patients with chronic recurrent HE and 100% of the patients with chronic persistent HE showed a bilateral and symmetrical hyperintensity of the globus pallidus in the T1-weighted images while the T2-weighted images were normal, suggesting the possibility of the accumulation of a paramagnetic compound in this brain area during HE. Other findings of the study were evidence of brain atrophy of mild or moderate degree in 70% of patients with chronic recurrent HE and in 77% with chronic persistent HE and patients with liver cirrhosis without HE appeared normal on MR examination

Valutazione della massa epatica funzionante in casi di cirrosi epatica complicata da encefalopatia

scopo dello studio è di valutare la masa epatica funzionante mediante l'uitlizzo del test della clearance dell'antipirina<, si coinclude che i pazienti cirrotici con encefalkopatia epatica costituiscono un gruppo relativamente omogeneo in cui la capacità metabolica del fegato sembra essere in eguale misura e che l'encefalopatia epatica spontanea interviene soltanto quando la riduzione della massa epatica funzionante diventa estremamente rilevant