Journal of ultrasound in medicine : official journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine
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Gallbladder injuries after blunt abdominal trauma are rare and often follow a vague and insidious clinical course. Consequently, gallbladder injuries commonly go undiagnosed until exploratory laparotomy. ⋯ With sonography emerging as a first-line modality for evaluation of intra-abdominal trauma, sonographers may wish to become more familiar with the appearance of gallbladder injury on sonography to facilitate earlier diagnosis and to improve treatment and prognosis. We report a case of gallbladder perforation after blunt abdominal trauma diagnosed on the basis of computed tomography (CT) and sonography.
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To report 2 cases in which abdominal sonography played a useful role in diagnosing sarcoidosis with early nodular hepatosplenic manifestations. ⋯ Sarcoidosis can occur with atypical onset, and in selected cases sonography may play a useful role in its diagnosis and follow-up.
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Comment Letter
The comet tail artifact in the diagnosis of pneumothorax.
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We describe the endorectal sonographic and magnetic resonance (MR) imaging findings of a hidrocystoma of the rectal wall, a tumor that arises in sweat glands and may occur in a perianal location. To our knowledge, occurrence in the rectum has not been reported previously. The unusual appearance of a solid lesion with a central fluid-filled cavity may suggest the diagnosis of a hidrocystoma.
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To review the state-of-the-art use of sonography in evaluating the patient with trauma. ⋯ The use of sonography in evaluating the patient with trauma has rapidly expanded in the past decade. Those using sonography in this group of patients should be aware of its many uses but also its potential pitfalls and limitations.