Imaging of Acute Abdominopelvic Pain in Pregnancy and Puerperium—Part II: Non-Obstetric Complications
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Gastrointestinal Diseases
2.1. Acute Appendicitis
2.2. Small Bowel Obstruction
2.3. Inflammatory Bowel Disease
3. Hepatic and Pancreatobiliary Diseases
3.1. Pregnancy-Related Liver Diseases
3.1.1. Intrahepatic Cholestasis of Pregnancy
3.1.2. Acute Fatty Liver of Pregnancy
3.1.3. HELLP (H = Haemolysis, EL = Elevated Liver Enzymes, LP = Low Platelets) Syndrome
3.2. Acute Cholecystitis and Cholelithiasis
3.3. Acute Pancreatitis
4. Urogenital Tract Diseases
4.1. Urolithiasis and Pyelonephritis
4.2. Ovarian Torsion and Adnexal Masses
4.3. Uterine Leiomyoma
5. Vascular Diseases
Ovarian Vein Thrombosis
6. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Masselli, G.; Bonito, G.; Gigli, S.; Ricci, P. Imaging of Acute Abdominopelvic Pain in Pregnancy and Puerperium—Part II: Non-Obstetric Complications. Diagnostics 2023, 13, 2909. https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics13182909
Masselli G, Bonito G, Gigli S, Ricci P. Imaging of Acute Abdominopelvic Pain in Pregnancy and Puerperium—Part II: Non-Obstetric Complications. Diagnostics. 2023; 13(18):2909. https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics13182909
Chicago/Turabian StyleMasselli, Gabriele, Giacomo Bonito, Silvia Gigli, and Paolo Ricci. 2023. "Imaging of Acute Abdominopelvic Pain in Pregnancy and Puerperium—Part II: Non-Obstetric Complications" Diagnostics 13, no. 18: 2909. https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics13182909