-life threatening EMERGENCY!!
- +wall thickening +/- dilation
-absent enhancement⭐️ (use other bowel for comparison)
-bowel wall hyperdensity can be due to intramural hemorrhage (can 👀 on non-con!) so I ✅ mucosa
-pneumatosis=infarction (✅ for PV gas!)
#WetreadCoW Case 11 Answer: Pseudomyxoma Peritonei
-accumulation of mucinous ascites from mucin producing tumor. This case is the classic mucinous appendiceal tumor s/p multiple debulking surgeries! #FOAMed#FOAMrad#Radres#bodyrad
-seroneg spondyloarthropathy (neg Rheum factor) ➡️ fusion of the spine, SI jts, pubic symphsysis, and sometimes other jts
- assoc w HLA B27 gene
-M>F
-usually presents 3rd-4th decade
-trt: NSAIDS, motion/exercise, TNF-alpha blockers