Fig. 17.1 A 51-year-old woman presenting with dyspnea after a liver transplant. Axial CT image shows free intraperitoneal liquid (black arrow), the collapsed inferior vena cava (arrowhead), and the “round…
Fig. 14.1 Abdominal CT scan. CT image shows even small amounts of free air (a–d). Additional CT shows the site of the perforation (a, white circle), focal thickening of the…
Fig. 7.1 MDCT MPR coronal oblique image shows inflammation of the appendix with fluid-filled lumen, associated to inflammatory thickening of the caecal wall In cases of severe appendicitis, it is…
Fig. 11.1 Surgically confirmed right colon perforation caused by a salted codfish bone in a 56-year-old woman complaining with vague abdominal pain. Contrast-enhanced images (a–c: axial views, d: coronal thin-slab…
Fig 5.1 Axial MPR CT image. Perforation of the anterior wall of the gastric antrum. Focal defect in the anterior wall of the gastric antrum associated with surrounding mural thickening…
Fig. 2.1 Upright posteroanterior chest radiograph: evidence of free air beneath the right and left hemidiaphragms Fig. 2.2 Left lateral decubitus film of the abdomen in a patient with free…
Fig. 6.1 A 38-year-old patient with acute abdomen from ileal perforation. CT examination shows the presence of free peritoneal air with falciform ligament sign (a, b) and some small peritoneal…
Fig. 4.1 Esophageal-pleural fistula after caustic ingestion: thickened esophageal (white arrow) and gastric (white arrowheads) walls; left pleural effusion (black arrows) 4.2 Iatrogenic Injuries Iatrogenic injuries are the most common…
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015Luigia Romano and Antonio Pinto (eds.)Imaging of Alimentary Tract Perforation10.1007/978-3-319-08192-2_1 1. Diagnostic Approach to Alimentary Tract Perforations Francesca Iacobellis1 , Daniela Berritto1 and Roberto Grassi1 (1) Department of Radiology, Second University of Naples, Piazza…
