title: [Diagnosis of disorders affecting hollow intra-abdominal organs].
abstract: Modern imaging methods, including ultrasonography, computerized tomography and magnetic resonance imaging, add considerably to the information provided by the classical exploratory methods for hollow intra-abdominal viscera. They evaluate the size of these viscera and especially their wall and they are particularly useful when the lesion is transparietal, submucosal or even sub-adventitial. They also detect abscesses originating in the gastrointestinal tract, measure the extent of tumoral expansion beyond the mucosa and reveal intra-abdominal abnormalities associated with the lesions. The new methods, therefore, are very useful and often indispensable as a complement to other methods used to explore the digestive tract.
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authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Vannier
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authors.lastname: Menu
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authors.lastname: Scherrer
mesh_terms: D005767:Gastrointestinal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography
vernacular_title: Diagnostic des affections touchant les viscères creux intra-abdominaux.