Gastrointestinal perforation CT

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Chest CT is done when fluoroscopy is equivocal, and there is persisting suspicion of perforation. Signs of perforation on abdominal CT scanning include extraluminal oral contrast, free fluid or food collections, discontinuity of the intestinal wall, localized peritoneal fat stranding, and Bowel wall thickening.

Gastrointestinal perforation CT

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  • Signs of perforation on abdominal CT scanning include:[2]
  • Extraluminal oral contrast
  • Free fluid or food collections
  • Discontinuity of the intestinal wall
  • Localized peritoneal fat stranding
  • Bowel wall thickening
  • Fistula
  • Intra-abdominal abscess
Intestinal perforation CT, source: Case courtesy of Dr Ian Bickle, Radiopaedia.org, rID: 47152
Intestinal perforation CT, source: Case courtesy of Dr Ian Bickle, Radiopaedia.org, rID: 47152
CT shows large bowel perforation, source: Case courtesy of Dr Ian Bickle, Radiopaedia.org, rID: 55375

References

  1. Del Gaizo AJ, Lall C, Allen BC, Leyendecker JR (2014). "From esophagus to rectum: a comprehensive review of alimentary tract perforations at computed tomography". Abdom Imaging. 39 (4): 802–23. doi:10.1007/s00261-014-0110-4. PMID 24584681.
  2. Kim SW, Shin HC, Kim IY, Kim YT, Kim CJ (2010). "CT findings of colonic complications associated with colon cancer". Korean J Radiol. 11 (2): 211–21. doi:10.3348/kjr.2010.11.2.211. PMC 2827785. PMID 20191069.