title: Abdominal compartment syndrome.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this article is to discuss the pathogenesis, clinical features, radiologic findings, and treatment of abdominal compartment syndrome, which is defined as an acute elevation of the intraabdominal pressure with organ dysfunction.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Abdominal compartment syndrome is not well reported in the radiology literature. In this review, we discuss a range of CT signs such as elevated diaphragm, collapsed inferior vena cava, bowel wall thickening, bowel mucosal hyperenhancement, hemoperitoneum, and increasing abdominal girth, which, in combination, may allow the radiologist to raise the possibility of abdominal compartment syndrome.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Indiana University School of Medicine, 550 N University Blvd., Suite UH 0279, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA.
authors.forename: Aashish
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Patel
authors.forename: Chandana G
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Lall
authors.forename: S Gregory
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Jennings
authors.forename: Kumaresan
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sandrasegaran
mesh_terms: D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003161:Compartment Syndromes / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'; D011860:Radiography, Abdominal / Q000379:methods*