Blood in the belly: CT findings of hemoperitoneum

• Published in: Radiographics Vol. 27; no. 1; p. 109
• Main Authors: Lubner, Meghan, Menias, Christine, Rucker, Creed, Bhalla, Sanjeev, Peterson, Christine M, Wang, Lisa, Gratz, Brett
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.01.2007
• Subjects: Diagnosis, Differential; Hemoperitoneum - diagnostic imaging; Hemoperitoneum - etiology; Humans; Liver Diseases - complications; Liver Diseases - diagnostic imaging; Practice Guidelines as Topic; Practice Patterns, Physicians; Radiographic Image Enhancement - methods; Splenic Diseases - complications; Splenic Diseases - diagnostic imaging; Tomography, X-Ray Computed - methods; Tomography, X-Ray Computed - trends

Hemoperitoneum may occur in various emergent conditions. In the trauma setting, evidence of intraperitoneal blood depicted at computed tomography (CT) should lead the radiologist to conduct a careful search of images for the injured visceral organ (the liver or spleen). Specific CT signs, such as a...