Abdominal x-ray – projection images of internal organs (stomach, small and large intestines, gallbladder and bile ducts, etc.). When examining the abdominal cavity, survey and sighting images in standard or additional projections are used. With the help of an overview radiography, it is possible to detect free gas and fluid in the abdominal cavity, stones in the gallbladder and urinary tract, tumors, signs of intestinal obstruction. Since hollow organs do not reflect X-rays, their examination is carried out after preliminary contrasting. Contrast types of radiography include esophagography, gastrography, cholecystography, cholangiography, enterography, irrigation, etc.
Cholecystography is a technique of radiopaque examination of the condition of the gallbladder. Cholecystography is performed to determine the position, size, shape, contours, structure and functional state of the gallbladder. Cholecystography is informative for detecting deformities, concretions, inflammation, cholesterol polyps, gallbladder tumors, etc. Contrast agents (organic iodine compounds) can be taken by the patient orally,…
Percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography (PTC) is an invasive radiopaque examination of the bile ducts after they are directly filled with an iodine-containing contrast agent. PTC is indicated to identify the causes of pain syndrome after cholecystectomy, to determine the level, severity and nature of obstruction of the biliary tract in jaundice (concretion, tumor, stricture). Percutaneous puncture…
Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) is a combined therapeutic and diagnostic procedure based on a combination of endoscopic and radiopaque technologies. With the help of ERCP, the system of the ducts of the liver and pancreas is visualized, the duodenal mucosa and the fater papilla are examined, and some therapeutic manipulations are performed. ERCP makes it…
Esophagus x-ray is a method of radiation diagnostics, which is aimed at visualizing the esophagus when a barium suspension passes through it. It helps to determine the location of this organ, the structure of the walls and sphincters, the size of the lumen, as well as to conclude about the features of its motor skills.…
Proctography is a method of X-ray examination of the rectum during defecation. It is used to visualize the distal segment of the large intestine and obtain data on its motor-evacuation function, as well as (indirectly) to display female genitalia (vagina and uterus). It is prescribed to identify dystrophic processes and assess the width of the…
Stomach x-ray is a non-invasive radiopaque technique used to detect diseases of the stomach, as well as the cardiac esophagus and duodenum. With the help of stomach x-ray with barium, it is possible to assess the condition of the mucous membranes and muscle ball of the walls of these organs, their general shape and size,…
Colon x-ray is a radiopaque technique for examining the large intestine with its retrograde filling with a contrasting barium suspension. It is performed to diagnose developmental abnormalities, scarring, colon tumors, chronic colitis, diverticulosis, fistulas. After a tight filling of the large intestine with barium suspension, the shape, location, length, extensibility, elasticity of the intestine, and…
Abdominal organs x-ray is a method of contrast-free X-ray diagnostics of the condition of the abdominal cavity. It is informative for judging the presence of fluid, free gas, and foreign bodies in the abdominal cavity. According to survey radiographs, perforations and ruptures of hollow organs are diagnosed (by the presence of free gas), intestinal obstruction…
