title: [Gastrointestinal tract in the elderly].
abstract: Patient's age no longer is a major factor when discussing the diagnosis and treatment of hepatobiliary and gastrointestinal diseases. However, discussing with the physician in charge of the patient is the only adequate way to propose the quickest, least invasive and most comfortable imaging modality that will give a proper answer to the clinical problem. Cross sectional imaging, especially ultrasound, CT and in some cases MRI, plays an important role in the diagnosis of these diseases.
authors.affiliation: Service de Radiologie, Hôpital Saint-Antoine, 184, rue du Faubourg Saint-Antoine, 75012 Paris. jean-michel.tubiana@sat.ap-hop-paris.fr
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Tubiana
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sebag
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Arrivé
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Duron
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001660:Biliary Tract Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D005767:Gastrointestinal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D011860:Radiography, Abdominal; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed