Common Abdominal Pathologies and Normal Anatomical Variants

Introduction

It is important in all radiography to be able to distinguish between normal anatomical variants and pathologies. This page is dedicated to comonly seen pathologies and normal anatomial variants demonstrated on abdominal plain films.

Case 1

There are multiple metallic surgical slips (solid white arrows) There is a calcified segment of abdominal aorta ? aneurysmal (solid black arrow) There are multiple pelvic phleboliths (hollow black arrow) There is sacral spinibifida occulta (white hollow arrow) There are abdominal hernia(s) (grey arrow)