Imagerie des urgences abdominales non traumatiques de l'adulte

Acute abdominal pain is a common cause of admission in emergency rooms. Modern imaging techniques take a major place in the management of these situations. This chapter presents some aspects of conventional imaging; it develops also the contribution of cross sectional imaging for the diagnostic of acute abdominal diseases in adults. An optimal diagnosis is based on a rational use of sonography and computed body tomography, leading to a reduced number of unnecessary operations. Early diagnosis of common and uncommon acute abdominal diseases helps preventing dramatic evolution such as a perforation.