title: Afferent loop syndrome revisited: new emphasis on ultrasound and computerized tomography.
abstract: Contemporary medicine has provided the clinician with two additional noninvasive diagnostic instruments--computerized tomography and ultrasound. Both modalities are accessible to most clinicians and are extremely valuable in diagnosing many abdominal diseases. A review of the afferent loop syndrome and a discussion of new diagnostic methods with these instruments are presented.
mesh_terms: D000343:Afferent Loop Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D004724:Endoscopy; D006801:Humans; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography