Hair Today, OR Tomorrow: A Multicenter Case Series of Gastric

Pediatric emergency care · Sep 2024

Hair Today, OR Tomorrow: A Multicenter Case Series of Gastric Bezoars in Children Diagnosed With Point-of-Care Ultrasound.

Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) can expedite the diagnosis of pediatric abdominal pathologies including appendicitis and intussusception. In this patient series, we present cases from multiple pediatric emergency departments that demonstrate the use of POCUS in the diagnosis of trichobezoars in children. POCUS findings include the presence of an intragastric hyperechoic mass or a hyperechoic arch and associated posterior acoustic shadowing. These findings in the appropriate clinical context should prompt further diagnostic imaging and/or surgical consultation for removal.

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- Rahul D Shah, Allie Grither, Stephanie G Cohen, Liliana Morales-Perez, Joni Rabiner, and Antonio Riera.
- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Emergency Medicine, Washington University in St Louis School of Medicine, St Louis, MO.
- Pediatr Emerg Care. 2024 Sep 27.
AbstractPoint-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) can expedite the diagnosis of pediatric abdominal pathologies including appendicitis and intussusception. In this patient series, we present cases from multiple pediatric emergency departments that demonstrate the use of POCUS in the diagnosis of trichobezoars in children. POCUS findings include the presence of an intragastric hyperechoic mass or a hyperechoic arch and associated posterior acoustic shadowing. These findings in the appropriate clinical context should prompt further diagnostic imaging and/or surgical consultation for removal.Copyright © 2024 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved.

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