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Computed tomography and complicated peptic ulcer disease.

Pun E, Firkin A

Ballarat Base Hospital, Department of Medical Imaging, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. punemma@hotmail.com

Peptic ulcer disease (PUD) can present with many complications including inflammation, ulceration and perforation. Improvements in CT have enabled better imaging of the gastroduodenal area. Three cases of complicated PUD detected on CT are presented with a brief review of the current literature.

Published 16 December 2004 in Australas Radiol, 48(4): 516-9.
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