Forty percent of children undergoing CT for blunt abdominal trauma have incidental findings, but few require urgent care, a study finds.

Abscesses in locations that are difficult to access, such as those deep in the pelvis, subphrenic regions, or epigastric region, can be drained by using the appropriate approach-transrectal ...

Ultrasound, CT scan, or MRI. These imaging studies are sometimes used by doctors to diagnose deeper abscesses and to visualize fistula tunnels. Proctosigmoidoscopy. This test involves inserting a ...

Endometriosis, which involves tissue from the uterus, begins with a process known as retrograde menstruation, in which menstrual blood flows back up the fallopian tubes and into the pelvis.

A computed tomography scan or CT scan uses X-rays and computers to make images of the body. It can sometimes help doctors diagnose headaches and their causes. You might need one if you have ...

It’s a muscle involved in almost every move you make. Flex your ankle, and your pelvic floor switches on. Raise your arm, and the pelvic floor stabilises you. Jump, and your pelvic floor activates to ...

Pelvic floor dysfunction (PFD) occurs when the muscles and nerves in the pelvis don’t work as they should. The pelvis is the area between your hips, and the pelvic floor is a group of muscles that ...

Repeat CT 8 days after discharge showed a hypoattenuating area decreased in size from previous scans. Sonographic and fluoroscopic examinations during the drain removal procedure confirmed resolution ...

like computerized tomography (CT) scan, to assess the surgical repairs while you are still in the operating room. Sometimes a temporary surgical drain is placed in the abdominal or pelvic cavity. This ...

The CT and CECT diagnosis: left renal abscess with necrosis and exudation surrounded by ... A hard calculi was palpated at the junction of the left ureter and renal pelvis. Multiple enlarged, hard ...