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The role of CT in acute abdominal pain

Department of Radiology, Western Infirmary, Glasgow G11 6NT, UK

• CT is the investigation of choice for renal colic.
  
• Abdominal CT will have an increasing role in the investigation of appendicitis.
  
• CT is able to suggest alternative diagnoses if the principle clinical diagnosis is unconfirmed.
  
• There should be little or no need for abdominal CT to be performed out of hours.
  

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