Introduction: A five-year-old year old girl developed fever of 40.3° C, vomiting, mild general abdominal pain, followed by bloody diarrhea. Description: Ultrasonography revealed a length of symmetrically thickened terminal ileum, more than 20 cm long, with walls greater than 0.5 cm containing a long narrow lumen < 1 mm wide. Conclusion: Given the difficulty of diagnosing the cause of enteritis ...

Ultrasonography can screen for abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) safely, cheaply, and accurately. Once detected, an AAA can be monitored and repaired before it is likely to rupture. The US Preventive Services Task Force recently recommended a one-time screening for AAAs by ultrasonography for men age 65 to 75 years who have ever smoked. We should consider expanding the recommendations to includ...

Introduction: Obesity levels mean an increased presentation of patients with Laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding (LAGB). Method: Literature search revealed a paucity of information on ultrasonography to diagnose a slipped LAGB. Conclusion: 2D Ultrasonography with a standard low frequency curvilinear probe proved to be a simple, effective method of diagnosing slipped Laparoscopic adjustable ...

A 63-year-old Caucasian female patient presented with redness of the both foot and lower legs, as well as edema of the left lower leg, accompanied by subjective complaints of burning. Fever was not reported. Well-circumscribed oval shaped tumor formation was revealed also on the abdominal wall, with hyperpigmented and depigmented areas on its ulcerated surface, measuring approximately 10/10cm i...

Due to routine maternal serum screening and fetal ultrasonography, gastrochisis is routinely found in utero, we report a case of diagnosed prenatally, the delivery was made by C-section patient operated at day 1 life with good outcome The surgical treatment gastroschisis differs from hospital has changed over years, especially since spring-loaded silo invented. Every repair as its main objectiv...

Liver ultrasound was prospectively evaluated in 104 subjects who underwent liver biopsy, including 24 patients without evidence of liver disease (controls), and 80 with a broad spectrum of liver pathology. Ultrasonography was very specific (100%) and moderately sensitive (70%) in the detection of liver pathology, and hepatic neoplasms, steatosis, and fibrosis were detected by ultrasound in 80%,...

Although abdominal pain is a common presentation in emergency departments, rectus sheath hematoma (RSH) is among the rarest diagnosis. Here we present 2 cases of RSH likely caused by coughing due to upper respiratory tract infection. The two described cases were diagnosed by bedside ultrasonography and confirmed as RSH by computed tomography. Review of patient history and use of ultrasonography...