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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Indian J Radiol Imaging 2017; 27(01): 13-22
DOI: 10.4103/0971-3026.202957
Abdominal Imaging

Multimodality imaging of adult gastric emergencies: A pictorial review

Abhijit Sunnapwar
Department of Body Imaging, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas, USA
,
Vijayanadh Ojili
Department of Body Imaging, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas, USA
,
Rashmi Katre
Department of Body Imaging, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas, USA
,
Hardik Shah
Department of Body Imaging, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas, USA
,
Arpit Nagar
Department of Body Imaging, Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Ohio, USA
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Abstract

Acute gastric emergencies require urgent surgical or nonsurgical intervention because they are associated with high morbidity and mortality. Imaging plays an important role in diagnosis since the clinical symptoms are often nonspecific and radiologist may be the first one to suggest a diagnosis as the imaging findings are often characteristic. The purpose of this article is to provide a comprehensive review of multimodality imaging (plain radiograph, fluoroscopy, and computed tomography) of various life threatening gastric emergencies.

Keywords

CT - emergencies - fluoroscopy - gastric


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Article published online:
27 July 2021

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