For many years, ultrasonography has been considered to be one of the most valuable imaging techniques for evaluation of the abdominal cavity and its organs. In most cases, abdominal ultrasonography helps obtain information that leads to a definitive diagnosis. Ultrasonography is also valuable to narrow the list of differential diagnoses obtained with other diagnostic techniques. This article di...

www.aafp.org/afp Volume 84, Number 1 ◆ July 1, 2011 A 48-year-old woman presented to the emergency department with nausea, vomiting, and intermittent abdominal pain that had persisted for two days. The pain radiated from the epigastrium and left upper quadrant to her back. Nothing relieved the pain, and eating made it worse. The patient noted having two or three foul-smelling, loose stools duri...

A 72-year-old lady presented with abdominal pain and distention of 3 days duration. She did not pass flatus and stools and had few episodes of bilious vomiting for 2 days. She had no past history of abdominal pain or surgery. Coronal CT scan section of abdomen (Fig. 1) showed classical Rigler’s triad of pneumobilia, dilatation of small bowel loops and ectopic gallstone which is characteristic o...

OBJECTIVE The objective of this article is to illustrate the causes of a gasless abdomen in an adult. CONCLUSION The gasless abdomen in the adult is often interpreted as nonspecific, which does not provide useful information for the patient's physician. There are at least six causes of the gasless abdomen in the adult. A specific cause of the gasless abdomen can usually be made when the patie...

Adipose tissue (AT) located in the viscera is considered to be functionally and metabolically different from that found in the subcutaneous depot. However, subcutaneous AT (SAT) in generalized regions is considered to be homogeneous in nature. Affymetrix GeneChip Human Exon 1.0 ST Arrays were used to determine differential gene expression in four subcutaneous adipose depots (upper abdomen, lowe...

conclusions delusional infestation or parasitosis may be detected in context and secondary to schizophrenia with nihilistic delusion and may create a high degree of suffering for patients, ultimately cause mortality, because of threatening behaviors toward the self. introduction delusions of parasitosis or ekbom syndrome are a psychotic disorder that causes a patient to suffer from the substant...