Early abdominal CT may be warranted among patients with unknown or uncertain biochemical screening results for primary aldosteronism.

The razor blades everyone dismissed and the spleen rupture that required running blood bags — two physicians’ first saves.

A new Harvey L. Neiman Health Policy Institute study found evidence that a new diagnosis of sarcopenia, a potentially reversible disease with low muscle mass and strength, often coincides with an ...

A new study reveals that abdominal CT scans play a significant role in diagnosing sarcopenia, a potentially reversible muscle-wasting condition that affects millions of older adults.

CT scans may account for 5% of all cancers annually, according to a new study out of UC San Francisco that cautions against overusing and overdosing CTs.

A man went to the hospital several times with gut pain and a fever — and it turned out that his relatively common symptoms had an unusual cause.

What happened next: When doctors examined the man, they found his abdomen was swollen and distended. They ordered an X-ray ...

A Karnataka man has accused a doctor from a Mangaluru hospital of leaving a surgical mop inside his wife’s stomach following a C-section delivery. It has led to severe complications for the woman, ...

But the following day, her stomach grew once more to its towering height, and the terrible pressure returned. A second CT showed what she already knew: The gut had retwisted itself.

For ovarian cancer, the biopsy is most commonly done by removing the tumor during surgery. In rare cases, a suspected ovarian cancer may be biopsied during a laparoscopy procedure or with a needle ...

The woman had been extremely ill and had a noticeable abdominal mass. She was referred by her GP to the surgical team at Whangarei Hospital suffering pain, weight loss, vomiting, low iron and "a ...

INTRODUCTION Most scans of the chest are obtained without contrast enhancement, and the upper abdomen is usually included. The evaluation of the upper abdominal structures is essential, regardless of ...