title: Postpartum complications in the abdomen and pelvis: CT evaluation.
abstract: Postpartum patients rarely develop complications that require radiologic evaluation. When indicated, CT can provide a rapid and reliable examination of the major pelvic organs and enable diagnosis of a multitude of postpartum complications, including abscesses, endometritis, thrombophlebitis, as well as more serious and potentially life-threatening sequelae of toxemia, DIC, and HELLP syndrome. This pictorial essay illustrates the utility of CT in the postpartum patient and demonstrates the spectrum of complications evaluated with CT.
authors.affiliation: Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA.
authors.forename: B A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Urban
authors.forename: B L
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Pankov
authors.forename: E K
authors.initials: EK
authors.lastname: Fishman
mesh_terms: D000005:Abdomen; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010388:Pelvis; D011247:Pregnancy; D011644:Puerperal Disorders / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed