Doctors in Ecuador successfully removed a massive two-pound hairball, measuring 16 inches in length, from the woman's stomach, as per a 2024 report.

A doctor can diagnose what is causing an abdominal mass with an MRI scan, CT scan, or X-ray. In this article, we talk about the causes, accompanying symptoms, and diagnosis of an abdominal mass.

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

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.

Abdominal CT scans (also called CAT scans), are a type of specialized X-ray. They help your doctor see the organs, blood vessels, and bones in your abdomen. We’ll explain why your doctor may ...

In combination with a biopsy, a CT scan can help confirm the presence of stomach cancer, its location, and the extent of its spread.

The woman was referred to hospital with "a palpable abdominal mass". Four months later she was dead.

A stomach-turning image of a parasite infection embedded in the muscle of a human body shows the dangers a person can face if they consume undercooked pork.

In this patient, the CT scan findings, along with significant involvement of retroperitoneal lymph nodes, suggested the diagnosis of atypical pelvic lymphoma, the team said.

For example, a CT scan of the abdomen in the workup of, say, bloody urine, might demonstrate a liver cyst or an adrenal mass.

Unenhanced CT was about 30% less accurate than contrast-enhanced CT for the evaluation of acute abdominal pain in the emergency department (ED), a retrospective study showed.