ABSTRACT Background: A variety of fluids can accumulate in the peritoneal and pelvic cavities including ascites, blood, pus, bile, urine, lymph, cerebral spinal fluid, and mucin. The appearance of some of these fluids by imaging may suggest a specific etiology, but a diagnostic aspiration must be performed in the majority of cases. This review aims to assess critically the value ... Read more

BACKGROUND: Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is chronic conditions of unknown origin that result from continuous or intermittent inflammation of a part of the intestinal wall. The main classic types of IBD are ulcerative colitis (UC), Crohn's disease (CD) and indeterminate colitis that cannot be classified accurately as UC or CD with pure colonic involvement. The aim of this study is ... Read more