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01-08-2020 | Acute Abdomen | Review

Imaging of acute abdomen in cancer patients

Authors: Ajaykumar C. Morani, Abdelrahman K. Hanafy, Leonardo P. Marcal, Vivek Subbiah, Ott Le, Tharakeshwara K. Bathala, Khaled M. Elsayes

Published in: Abdominal Radiology | Issue 8/2020

Abstract

The pattern of disease causing acute abdominal pain has changed over last few decades, some of this has been attributed to intraabdominal cancers. The most common acute abdominal complaints in cancer patients are related to the gastrointestinal system. Abdominal emergencies in cancer patients can result from the underlying malignancy itself, cancer therapy and/or result from the standard pathologies causing acute abdomen in otherwise healthy population. Therapy-related or disease-related immunosuppression or high dose analgesics often blunt many of the findings which are usually expected in non-cancer general population. This complicates the clinical picture rendering the clinical exam less reliable in many cancer patients, and resulting in different pathologies which clinicians and the radiologists should remain aware of. This article focuses on imaging illustrations with differential diagnosis for various emergency scenarios related to acute abdomen specifically in oncologic settings.

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Title: Imaging of acute abdomen in cancer patients
Authors: Ajaykumar C. Morani
Abdelrahman K. Hanafy
Leonardo P. Marcal
Vivek Subbiah
Ott Le
Tharakeshwara K. Bathala
Khaled M. Elsayes
Publication date: 01-08-2020
Publisher: Springer US
Keywords: Acute Abdomen
Cancer Emergencies
Acute Abdomen
Acute Abdomen
Key Symptom
Abdominal Pain
Published in: Abdominal Radiology / Issue 8/2020
Print ISSN: 2366-004X
Electronic ISSN: 2366-0058
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00261-019-02332-5

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