The adult cystic fibrosis patient with abdominal pain: what the radiologist needs to know

As the life expectancy of cystic fibrosis (CF) patients continues to increase, abdominal manifestations of CF are increasingly being encountered by clinicians and radiologists. Imaging plays an important role in the evaluation of adult CF patients with abdominal pain as a cause is often not discerna...

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Published inClinical radiology Vol. 66; no. 2; pp. 132 - 139
Main Authors Liong, S.Y, Awad, D, Jones, A.M, Sukumar, S.A
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Amsterdam Elsevier Ltd 01.02.2011
Elsevier
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Abdominal Pain - diagnostic imaging
Adult
Biological and medical sciences
Cystic Fibrosis - complications
Errors of metabolism
Female
Gastrointestinal Diseases - diagnostic imaging
Humans
Male
Medical sciences
Metabolic diseases
Miscellaneous hereditary metabolic disorders
Radiology
Tomography, X-Ray Computed - methods
Ultrasonography
Human
Pain
Respiratory disease
Metabolic diseases
Digestive diseases
Adult
Cystic fibrosis
Genetic disease
Pancreatic disease
Abdomen
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Summary:As the life expectancy of cystic fibrosis (CF) patients continues to increase, abdominal manifestations of CF are increasingly being encountered by clinicians and radiologists. Imaging plays an important role in the evaluation of adult CF patients with abdominal pain as a cause is often not discernable clinically. Accurate diagnosis is crucial in these patients as some causes may be managed conservatively, whilst others may require surgical intervention. In this review, we describe clinical presentation, imaging findings, and management of adult CF patients presenting with abdominal pain.
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ISSN:0009-9260
1365-229X
DOI:10.1016/j.crad.2010.09.002