Table Of ContentExpertDDX:
Abdomen & Pelvis
SECOND EDITION
Michael P. Federle, MD, FACR
Professor and Associate Chair for Education, Department of Radiology, Stanford University
School of Medicine, Stanford, California
Siva P. Raman, MD
Assistant Professor of Radiology, Department of Radiology, Johns Hopkins University
School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
Mitchell Tublin, MD
Professor and Vice Chair of Radiology, Chief, Abdominal Imaging Section, University of
Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Akram M. Shaaban, MBBCh
Professor (Clinical), Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, University of Utah
School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah
Amir A. Borhani, MD
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Assistant Professor, Department of Radiology, Division of Abdominal Imaging, University
of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Alessandro Furlan, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Radiology, Division of Abdominal Imaging, University
of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Matthew T. Heller, MD, FSAR
Associate Professor of Radiology, Division of Abdominal Imaging, University of Pittsburgh
Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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Table of Contents
Cover image
Title page
Copyright
Dedications
Contributing Authors
Preface
Acknowledgments
Sections
SECTION 1: PERITONEUM AND MESENTERY
GENERIC IMAGING PATTERNS
Chapter 1: Mesenteric or Omental Mass (Solid)
DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS
ESSENTIAL INFORMATION
Chapter 2: Mesenteric or Omental Mass (Cystic)
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DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS
ESSENTIAL INFORMATION
Chapter 3: Fat-Containing Lesion, Peritoneal Cavity
DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS
ESSENTIAL INFORMATION
Chapter 4: Mesenteric Lymphadenopathy
DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS
ESSENTIAL INFORMATION
Chapter 5: Abdominal Calcifications
DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS
ESSENTIAL INFORMATION
Chapter 6: Pneumoperitoneum
DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS
ESSENTIAL INFORMATION
Chapter 7: Hemoperitoneum
DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS
ESSENTIAL INFORMATION
Chapter 8: Misty (Infiltrated) Mesentery
DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS
ESSENTIAL INFORMATION
MODALITY-SPECIFIC IMAGING FINDINGS: COMPUTED
TOMOGRAPHY
Chapter 9: High-Attenuation (Hyperdense) Ascites
DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS
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ESSENTIAL INFORMATION
SECTION 2: ABDOMINAL WALL
ANATOMICALLY BASED DIFFERENTIALS
Chapter 10: Abdominal Wall Mass
DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS
ESSENTIAL INFORMATION
Chapter 11: Mass in Iliopsoas Compartment
DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS
ESSENTIAL INFORMATION
Chapter 12: Groin Mass
DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS
ESSENTIAL INFORMATION
Chapter 13: Elevated or Deformed Hemidiaphragm
DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS
ESSENTIAL INFORMATION
Chapter 14: Defect in Abdominal Wall (Hernia)
DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS
ESSENTIAL INFORMATION
SECTION 3: ESOPHAGUS
GENERIC IMAGING PATTERNS
Chapter 15: Intraluminal Mass, Esophagus
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DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS
ESSENTIAL INFORMATION
Chapter 16: Extrinsic Mass, Esophagus
DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS
ESSENTIAL INFORMATION
Chapter 17: Lesion at Pharyngoesophageal Junction
DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS
ESSENTIAL INFORMATION
Chapter 18: Esophageal Ulceration
DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS
ESSENTIAL INFORMATION
Chapter 19: Mucosal Nodularity, Esophagus
DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS
ESSENTIAL INFORMATION
Chapter 20: Esophageal Strictures
DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS
ESSENTIAL INFORMATION
Chapter 21: Dilated Esophagus
DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS
ESSENTIAL INFORMATION
Chapter 22: Esophageal Outpouchings (Diverticula)
DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS
ESSENTIAL INFORMATION
Chapter 23: Esophageal Dysmotility
DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS
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ESSENTIAL INFORMATION
CLINICALLY BASED DIFFERENTIALS
Chapter 24: Odynophagia
DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS
ESSENTIAL INFORMATION
SECTION 4: STOMACH
GENERIC IMAGING PATTERNS
Chapter 25: Gastric Mass Lesions
DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS
ESSENTIAL INFORMATION
Chapter 26: Intramural Mass, Stomach
DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS
ESSENTIAL INFORMATION
Chapter 27: Target or Bull’s-Eye Lesions, Stomach
DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS
ESSENTIAL INFORMATION
Chapter 28: Gastric Ulceration (Without Mass)
DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS
ESSENTIAL INFORMATION
Chapter 29: Intrathoracic Stomach
DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS
ESSENTIAL INFORMATION
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Chapter 30: Thickened Gastric Folds
DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS
ESSENTIAL INFORMATION
Chapter 31: Gastric Dilation or Outlet Obstruction
DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS
ESSENTIAL INFORMATION
Chapter 32: Linitis Plastica, Limited Distensibility
DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS
ESSENTIAL INFORMATION
CLINICALLY BASED DIFFERENTIALS
Chapter 33: Epigastric Pain
DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS
ESSENTIAL INFORMATION
Chapter 34: Left Upper Quadrant Mass
DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS
ESSENTIAL INFORMATION
SECTION 5: DUODENUM
GENERIC IMAGING PATTERNS
Chapter 35: Duodenal Mass
DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS
ESSENTIAL INFORMATION
Chapter 36: Dilated Duodenum
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DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS
ESSENTIAL INFORMATION
Chapter 37: Thickened Duodenal Folds
DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS
ESSENTIAL INFORMATION
SECTION 6: SMALL INTESTINE
GENERIC IMAGING PATTERNS
Chapter 38: Multiple Masses or Filling Defects, Small Bowel
DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS
ESSENTIAL INFORMATION
Chapter 39: Cluster of Dilated Small Bowel
DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS
ESSENTIAL INFORMATION
Chapter 40: Aneurysmal Dilation of Small Bowel Lumen
DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS
ESSENTIAL INFORMATION
Chapter 41: Stenosis, Terminal Ileum
DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS
ESSENTIAL INFORMATION
Chapter 42: Segmental or Diffuse Small Bowel Wall Thickening
DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS
ESSENTIAL INFORMATION
Chapter 43: Pneumatosis of Small Intestine or Colon
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