Radiological appearances of gynaecological emergencies

Radiological appearances of gynaecological emergencies

BACKGROUND The role of various gynaecological imaging modalities is vital in aiding clinicians to diagnose acute gynaecological disease, and can help to direct medical and surgical treatment where appropriate. It is important to interpret the imaging findings in the context of the clinical signs and patient's pregnancy status. METHODS Ultrasound and Doppler are readily available in the emerge...

Overview of Gynaecological Emergencies

Penetrating chest trauma: radiological appearances.

A 46-year-old man stabbed himself with a knife. While he was stable, frontal and lateral chest radiographs were obtained (Fig. 1). Following a cardiac arrest, emergency sternotomy and cardiopulmonary bypass were performed. The acute margins of the heart and diaphragm were lacerated. The knife passed 5 mm posteromedial to the inferior vena cava (Fig. 2). Recovery was uneventful. Figure 1: Fronta...

Notes on Radiological Emergencies

NOTES ON RADIOLOGICAL EMERGENCIES. By George Ansell. (Cardboard folder. lOs). Edinburgh and London: E. & S. Livingstone, 1966. MODERN techniques have made it possible to save the lives of many patients whose vital functions cease because of some temporary crisis. Cardiac massage, defibrillation, pacemaking, mouth to mouth ventilation and the understanding of the gross biochemical disturbances w...

MIDDLES Managing gynaecological emergencies with laparoscopy

A consecutive series of 49 women (50 procedures), whose conditions were haemodynamically stable, presenting with acute lower abdominal pain, pelvic tenderness, and either a urine concentration of >50 U/l 3 human chorionic gonadotrophin or a pelvic mass shown by ultrasonography were treated with operative laparoscopy under video monitoring (videopelviscopy) as an alternative to laparotomy. Ectop...