title: [Evaluation of the gastrocolic space in 100 cases of acute pancreatitis (author's transl)].
abstract: From 152 cases of acute pancreatitis treated at the intensive care unit of the Hospital General de México, the authors selected 100 in which they found radiological evidence of acute pancreatitis in fact to correlate those signs lonely or associated and to investigate their frecuency. The fundamental radiological signs found by the authors were: 1. Gastrocolic separation in simple abdominal X-ray film. 2. Sign of colon interrupted. 3. Centinel handle. 4. Stomach displaced, and 5. Generalized peritoneal reaction. The authors concluded that the simple abdominal X-ray film is of great aid because its positiveness in 90% cases. This is the first time in which the mentioned signs are shown statistically. In this paper are presented illustrative outlines and different X-ray films of clinical cases confirmed by surgery or post-mortem examination. It is enfatized the value of the gastrocolic separation in the diagnosis of acute pancreatitis.
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D003106:Colon / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008800:Mexico; D010179:Pancreas / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011859:Radiography; D013270:Stomach / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging
vernacular_title: Valoración del espacio gastrocólico en 100 casos de pancreatítis aguda