Acute pancreatitis: assessment of severity with clinical and CT evaluationEmil J Balthazar
Department of Radiology, New Bellevue Hospital, 462 First Ave, 3rd Fl, Rm 3W37 3W42, New York, NY 10016, USA
Radiology 223:603-13. 2002
..Advantages and limitations of the clinical, laboratory, and imaging prognostic indexes are analyzed and discussed...
Staging of acute pancreatitisEmil J Balthazar
Radiology Department, New Bellevue Hospital, 3rd Floor, Room 3 W 37 3 W 42, 462 First Avenue, New York, NY 10016, USA
Radiol Clin North Am 40:1199-209. 2002
..CT staging and the CT severity index have proved to be a reliable indicator of disease severity, having shown an excellent correlation with the risk of death and the development of local and systemic complications in this population...
Complications of acute pancreatitis: clinical and CT evaluationEmil J Balthazar
Radiology Department, New Bellevue Hospital, 3rd Floor, Room 3 W 37 3 W 42, 462 First Avenue, New York, NY 10016, USA
Radiol Clin North Am 40:1211-27. 2002
..The early detection and objective evaluation of these complications by clinical and imaging methods leads to specific treatment options in the continuous attempt to decrease mortality rates in acute pancreatitis...
Pancreatitis associated with pancreatic carcinoma. Preoperative diagnosis: role of CT imaging in detection and evaluationE J Balthazar
Department Radiology, New York University, Bellevue Medical Center, New York, NY 10016, USA
Pancreatology 5:330-44. 2005
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Hemorrhagic complications of pancreatitis: radiologic evaluation with emphasis on CT imagingE J Balthazar
Radiology Department, New York University-Bellevue Medical Center, 3rd Floor, Room 3W-37-42, 462 First Avenue, New York, NY 10016, USA
Pancreatology 1:306-13. 2001
..They develop because of leaking or ruptured pseudoaneurysms, diffuse bleeding in pancreatic necrosis, and hemorrhagic pseudocysts. Early detection followed by angiography, embolization and/or surgery has decreased mortality rates...
Cystic pancreatic masses: cross-sectional imaging observations and serial follow-upA J Megibow
Department of Radiology, NYU Medical Center, New York, NY 10016, USA
Abdom Imaging 26:640-7. 2001
..Smaller lesions were benign. CONCLUSION: In patients with suspected cystic pancreatic neoplasms, surveillance might be possible if lesions are smaller than 2.5 cm, spare the main pancreatic duct, and demonstrate no solid components...
MDCT of acute mild (nonnecrotizing) pancreatitis: abdominal complications and fate of fluid collectionsDipti K Lenhart
Department of Radiology, NYU School of Medicine Bellevue Hospital Center, 462 First Ave, NB 3W33A, New York, NY 10016, USA
AJR Am J Roentgenol 190:643-9. 2008
..The objective of our study was to describe the occurrence of local complications and the fate of fluid collections in milder forms of acute nonnecrotizing pancreatitis...
Ultrasound and CT evaluation of emergent gallbladder pathologyGenevieve L Bennett
Abdominal Imaging Division, Department of Radiology, New York University Medical Center, 560 First Avenue, Room HW207, New York, NY 10016, USA
Radiol Clin North Am 41:1203-16. 2003
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CT of Meckel's diverticulitis in 11 patientsGenevieve L Bennett
Department of Abdominal Radiology, Tisch Hospital, New York University Medical Center, 560 First Avenue, New York, NY 10016, USA
AJR Am J Roentgenol 182:625-9. 2004
..The diagnosis is most difficult in the setting of secondary intestinal obstruction...
A pattern approach to the abnormal small bowel: observations at MDCT and CT enterographyMichael Macari
Department of Radiology, Division of Abdominal Imaging, NYU Medical Center, 560 First Ave, Ste HW 207, New York, NY 10016, USA
AJR Am J Roentgenol 188:1344-55. 2007
..CONCLUSION: This review shows how a systematic pattern approach can be used to narrow the differential diagnosis when an abnormal small-bowel loop is detected on MDCT...
The acute right lower quadrant: CT evaluationMichael Macari
Department of Radiology, Abdominal Imaging, New York University Medical Center, Medical Center, Tisch Hospital, 560 First Avenue, Suite HW 207, New York, NY 10016, USA
Radiol Clin North Am 41:1117-36. 2003
..v. contrast-enhanced CT remains the most commonly used technique. CT with oral and i.v. contrast material facilitates diagnosis of appendicitis and the numerous other entities that may cause right lower quadrant pain...