title: [Disorders of the peritoneum].
abstract: The peritoneum is an important actor in diseases of the abdomen: defects of the peritoneum or mesos may lead to internal hernias; developmental anomalies of the peritoneum may lead to volvulus and bowel obstruction; diffuse or localized primary or secondary tumors of the peritoneum may develop; infectious, inflammatory or ischemic primary diseases of the peritoneum may cause abdominal pain, sepsis or result in the formation of fluid collections. The purpose of this presentation is to illustrate the role of imaging in the diagnosis of these different diseases and to provide some guidelines allowing their detection and characterization.
authors.affiliation: Service d'Imagerie Médicale, Hôpital Lapeyronie, CHU Montpellier, 371, avenue du Doyen-Giraud, 34295 Montpellier 05. p-taourel@chu-montpellier.fr
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Taourel
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Baud
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lesnik
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Le Guen
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pujol
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Bruel
mesh_terms: D006547:Hernia / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007422:Intestines / Q000002:abnormalities; D010532:Peritoneal Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010534:Peritoneal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*