Acute abdomen: bowel pathology
In this chapter, you will learn the key imaging features and how to diagnose the most common causes of acute abdominal pain in the emergency room setting.
- Acute abdomen: bowel pathology intro
- Identifying acute appendicitis
- Detecting diverticulitis
- Diagnosing small bowel obstruction
- Identifying closed loop small bowel obstruction
- Identifying enteritis and colitis
- Recognizing peptic ulcer disease
- Spotting a peptic ulcer perforation
- Identifying bowel perforation
- Bonus lesson (non-accredited)—how to use a PACS viewer
- Acute abdomen: bowel pathology quiz
Acute abdomen: solid organ and vascular pathology
You will learn the key imaging features and how to diagnosis acute abdominal pathology that often requires urgent surgical management and intervention, with an emphasis on bowel pathology.
- Acute abdomen: solid organ and vascular pathology intro
- Identifying acute interstitial pancreatitis
- Recognizing acute necrotizing pancreatitis
- Detecting renal stones
- Reading a flank pain CT
- Spotting renal infections
- Imaging cholecystitis
- Identifying intestinal ischemia
- Detecting a rupturing abdominal aortic aneurysm
- Acute abdomen: solid organ and vascular pathology quiz
Cancer imaging essentials
In this chapter, you will learn how to diagnose cancer based on abdominal CT findings— including primary tumors, solid organ and lymph node metastases, and bone lesions.
- Cancer imaging essentials intro
- Identifying stomach cancer
- Recognizing colon cancer
- Diagnosing hepatocellular carcinoma
- Imaging bile duct cancer
- Spotting liver metastases
- Recognizing pancreatic tumors
- Staging pancreatic cancer
- Recognizing renal tumors
- Identifying cancers of the bladder and urothelium
- Characterizing carcinomatosis
- Detecting lymphoma
- Discerning cancer mimics
- Cancer imaging essentials quiz
- Abdominal CT Masterclass: Common Pathologies outro