Imaging 14:24-34 (2002)
© 2002 The British Institute of Radiology
Abdominal CT in patients with AIDS
D M Koh, MRCP, FRCR1,
B Langroudi, MBBS2 and
S P G Padley, FRCP, FRCR2
1 Department of Radiology, The Royal Marsden Hospital, Downs Road, Sutton SM2 5PT and 2 Department of Radiology, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London SW10 9NH, UK
- Abdominal symptoms are common in patients with AIDS. CT is frequently used to evaluate these symptoms.
- Findings on CT often non-diagnostic but nevertheless contribute towards patient management.
- Certain CT signs, together with a knowledge of the CD4 count, may help to indicate the likely diagnosis and enable early presumptive treatment.
- Post-treatment CT may be used to assess the resolution or progression of disease.
- CT is also useful in detecting intraabdominal complications arising from the treatment of AIDS.
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