ABDOMINAL CT IN FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER - A CASE-REPORT

Citation
M. Wikstrom et al., ABDOMINAL CT IN FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER - A CASE-REPORT, Abdominal imaging, 23(2), 1998, pp. 147-149
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Gastroenterology & Hepatology","Radiology,Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Journal title
ISSN journal
09428925
Volume
23
Issue
2
Year of publication
1998
Pages
147 - 149
Database
ISI
SICI code
0942-8925(1998)23:2<147:ACIFMF>2.0.ZU;2-C
Abstract
In order to clarify abnormal findings at abdominal ultrasound (suspici on of late abscess subsequent to appendectomy) in a young male patient with known familial Mediterranean fever (FMF), a helical CT examinati on of the abdomen was performed, At CT, extensive serositis of the low er abdomen was detected, Findings at CT were verified 2 weeks later at laparoscopy.