Imaging of GI Tract & Biliary System

Imaging Modalities & techniques used in evaluation of GI TRACT & HEPATOBILIARY SYSTEMS

• PLAIN FILM - Barium
• FLUROSCOPY
• CT
• MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING
• US of GI Tract & Biliary
• ANGIOGRAPHY
• ERCP, MRCP, PTC Investigations

CAUSES OF ACUTE ABDOMEN

• Gall stone (cholecystitis)
• Renal stone
• Pancreatitis
• Acute appendicitis
• Intestinal obstruction
• Masses
• Inflammatory processes

GI Tract Findings

• Pneumoperitoneum & Subphrenic abscess
• Abdominal calcification
• Dysphagia
• Gastric Carcinoma
• Gastric Lymphoma
• Bowel obstruction
• Intestinal Obstruction
• Volvus
• Intussusception
• Diverticulosis
• Colonic polyps
• Crohn’s Disease
• Ulcerative Colitis
• Appendicitis
• Colonic Carcinoma

Hepatobiliary system Findings

• Liver Abscess
• Liver Haemangioma
• Cirrhosis
• Liver Metastasis
• Splenic Trauma & Rupture
• Jaundice
• Cholecystitis
• Pancreatic manifestations

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Q&A GI TRACT 1 Q&A GI TRACT 2

Further ridings Reference Book (Andrea G. Rockall, 7th edition) •Page 199 – 205

Liver masses To Liver abscesses