| 英文摘要 |
Adhesions are fibrous bands, over 95% of which is the result of peritoneal injury caused by transabdominal surgery or intra-abdominal infection. Although adhesions are typically not visible using conventional imaging techniques, an adhesion can be diagnosed by exclusion based on an abrupt change in bowel caliber in the absence of evidence of another type of obstruction. The correct diagnosis and assessment of adhesions is important in determining the optimal therapeutic approach. We report surgically-verified adhesion formation in a 79-year-old male with no history of transabdominal surgery or intra-abdominal infection. The applications of plain film radiography, ultrasonography, enteroclysis, computed-tomography (CT), magnetic-resonance (MR), CT enteroclysis, and MR enteroclysis imaging techniques to the diagnosis of intra-abdominal adhesions are reviewed from the literature. |
