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1994412

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1991-3-21
pubmed:abstractText
The authors retrospectively describe the computed tomographic (CT) findings in 35 patients with peptic ulcer disease. Three of eight patients with gastritis or duodenitis had bowel-wall thickening. Ten of the remaining 27 patients had CT evidence of ulcer perforation (n = 2) or penetration (n = 8), four cases of which were unsuspected clinically. Both patients with acute free perforation had pneumoperitoneum, and one showed free extravasation of orally administered contrast material. The precise site of perforation could not be established in either case with CT. The eight patients with ulcer penetration had CT evidence of bowel-wall thickening (n = 3) and inflammatory changes in adjacent soft tissues and organs (n = 8), including the pancreas (n = 4), liver (n = 1), and lesser omentum (n = 1). Ulcer craters were seen in only two. The CT findings of penetration can mimic other disease processes. CT was not useful in detecting uncomplicated peptic ulcer disease.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0033-8419
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
178
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
745-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1991
pubmed:articleTitle
Peptic ulcer disease: CT evaluation.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Radiology, George Washington University Medical Center, Washington, DC 20037.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article