Abdominal imaging in the immunocompromised patient.
Abdominal and gastrointestinal disease may result in clinically important complications in immunocompromised patients. The major types of disease are opportunistic infections and immunodeficiency-associated neoplasms. A multimodality approach is often essential in the diagnosis and staging of these lesions. A combination of bacteriologic culture, endoscopy, barium studies, and cross-sectional imaging of the abdomen with computed tomography and sonography is required to assess the extent of the disease accurately.
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Department of Radiology, Stanford Unversity School of Medicine, California.
D000005:Abdomen / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D016867:Immunocompromised Host; D011860:Radiography, Abdominal; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography