title: [X-ray computed tomographic aspects of medium-sized free peritoneal effusions (supramesocolic level)].
abstract: This study was conducted in 10 patients recently treated by peritoneal dialysis, and without a previous history of peritoneal disorders. Its aim was to determine the normal distribution of a two litre liquid effusion in the mesocolic recesses. A detailed description of the anatomy of the supramesocolic peritoneum precedes the study CAT scan results.
authors.affiliation: Service de Radiologie, Hôpital de la pitié, Paris.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Radier
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Baumelou
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Bousquet
authors.forename: M F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Bellin
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Grellet
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D010529:Peritoneal Cavity / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D010530:Peritoneal Dialysis; D010533:Peritoneal Lavage; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
vernacular_title: Aspect tomodensitométrique des épanchements péritonéaux libres d'abondance moyenne (étage sus-mésocolique).