Bleeding due to pelvic fractures in female patients: pictorial review of multidetector computed tomography imaging.

Pelvic bone fractures in female patients are a result of high-energy trauma and are a significant cause of morbidity and mortality. Their classification is based on the mechanism of the traumatic impact force and the evaluation of stability or instability of pelvic ring fracture. Vascular hemorrhage is frequently associated with pelvic bone disruption and is the main cause of death in polytrauma female patients.

Acute colonic disease: how to image in emergency.

The diseases affecting the large intestine represent a diagnostic problem in adult patients with acute abdomen, especially when clinical symptoms are not specific. The role of the diagnostic imaging is to help clinicians and surgeons in differential diagnosis for an efficient early and prompt therapy to perform. This review article summarizes the imaging spectrum of findings of colonic acute disease, from mechanical obstruction to inflammatory diseases and perforation, offering keys to problem solving in doubtful cases as well as discussing regarding the more indicated imaging method to use in emergency, particularly MDCT.

Pictorial essay: common and uncommon CT features of acute pelvic pain in the woman.

Acute pelvic pain in women is a frequent cause of emergency hospital admission. Because the source may be either gynaecological or non-gynaecologic and because of the complex anatomy of the pelvic area, the differential diagnosis of the underlying disease is extensive. In such cases ultrasonography is the procedure of choice, as it leads to a diagnosis in most cases.

Hepatic trauma: CT findings and considerations based on our experience in emergency diagnostic imaging.

Abdominal blunt trauma represents the main cause of death in people of age less than 40 years; the liver injury occurs frequently, with an incidence varying from 3 to 10%. Isolated hepatic lesions are rare and in 77-90% of cases, lesions of other organs and viscera are involved. Right hepatic lobe is a frequent site of injury, because it is the more voluminous portion of liver parenchyma; posterior superior hepatic segments are proximal to fixed anatomical structures such as ribs and spine that may have an important role in determining of the lesion.

Pictorial essay: foreign body of the gastrointestinal tract in emergency radiology.

The ingestion of a foreign body is a relatively common gastrointestinal emergency that causes significant morbidity. Radiological procedures play a very important role in revealing the presence, the location and the nature of an ingested foreign body, thus enabling the best therapeutic approach. We present the radiological features of common and uncommon foreign bodies ingested or with transanal insertion, differentiated on the basis of the location in the gastrointestinal tract.