Calcification in Abdomen | |
What are the common conditions when you can see abdominal calcification?
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What are the imaging procedures useful to demonstrate calcifications in the abdomen?Detection of calcification in the abdomen is usually an incidental finding.
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Plain filmArrow: Gall stone Arrowheads: Calcification of anterior longitudinal ligament in a patient with ankylosing spondylitis. Osteophyte L5-S1 |
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Kidney Stones |
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AppendicolithFindings:
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Chronic PancreatitisArrowheads point to extensive pancreatic calcification. |
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CTBilateral Renal Pelvis CalculiArrowheads point to soft tissue infiltration secondary to extravasation of urine around both renal pelvis. Arrows pointing to calculi. |
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CTAbdominal Aortic AneurysmCalcification of the wall of the aneurysm of aorta |