RADIOGRAPHY OF ABDOMINAL MASSES

AND THE PERITONEAL CAVITY

 

Abdominal masses

Normal abdomen
Generalized hepatomegaly
Pancreatic masses
Generalized splenomegaly
Localized splenomegaly, proximal extremity
Localized splenomegaly, body or distal extremity
Mesenteric mass
Right kidney enlargement
Left kidney enlargement
Right ovarian mass
Distended urinary bladder
Uterine enlargement
Term pregnancy
Intrafetal gas
Fetal mummification
Caudal sublumbar masses

Peritoneal/retroperitoneal spaces

Normal abdomen
Emaciation
Immature abdomen
Large volume effusion
Small volume effusion
Localized effusion, peritonitis
Pancreatitis
Peritoneal neoplasm
Bowel perforation
Free abdominal gas, gas opacity between liver and diaphragm
Free abdominal gas, irregularly shaped gas opacities in mid-abdomen
Free abdominal gas, horizontal beam radiography
Retroperitoneal gas
Herniated bowel loop

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