Acute Infectious and Inflammatory Enterocolitides

Infectious and inflammatory enterocolitides can present with an acute abdomen. The most common entities are ulcerative colitis, Crohn disease, and Clostridium difficile colitis. This article reviews the clinical and imaging findings of patients who present acutely with infectious and inflammatory en...

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Published inThe Radiologic clinics of North America Vol. 53; no. 6; p. 1255
Main Author Baker, Mark E
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.11.2015
Subjects
Abdomen, Acute - diagnosis
Abdomen, Acute - etiology
Acute Disease
Bacterial Infections - complications
Bacterial Infections - diagnosis
Enterocolitis - complications
Enterocolitis - diagnosis
Humans
Inflammation - complications
Inflammation - diagnosis
Intestines - diagnostic imaging
Intestines - pathology
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Ultrasonography
Crohn disease
Infectious
Typhlitis
Inflammatory
Enteritis
Colitis
Pseudomembranous colitis
Ulcerative colitis
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Summary:Infectious and inflammatory enterocolitides can present with an acute abdomen. The most common entities are ulcerative colitis, Crohn disease, and Clostridium difficile colitis. This article reviews the clinical and imaging findings of patients who present acutely with infectious and inflammatory enterocolitides. The acute abdomen can be defined as the sudden onset (generally <24 hours) of severe localized or generalized abdominal pain that prompts the patient to seek immediate medical assistance; most often a visit to the emergency department.
ISSN:1557-8275
DOI:10.1016/j.rcl.2015.06.010