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Postpartum complications in the abdomen and pelvis: CT evaluation
B A Urban1, B L Pankov, E K Fishman
1Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA.
Critical Reviews in Diagnostic Imaging
|June 1, 1999
Abstract:
Postpartum patients rarely develop complications that require radiologic evaluation. When indicated, CT can provide a rapid and reliable examination of the major pelvic organs and enable diagnosis of a multitude of postpartum complications, including abscesses, endometritis, thrombophlebitis, as well as more serious and potentially life-threatening sequelae of toxemia, DIC, and HELLP syndrome. This pictorial essay illustrates the utility of CT in the postpartum patient and demonstrates the spectrum of complications evaluated with CT.