Inspired by a prev post lets do a thread on G.l. Sonography we'll cover peds where GI ultrasound shines and adults🧵 First up gut signature which is an sono term that corresponds to the layers of bowel from inner to outer: mucosa, submucosa, muscularis propria, and serosa
Cholelithiasis with Tumefactive sludge and intra/extrahepatic biliary dilatation. Sludge also seen in the CBD at the pancreas head possible lodged stone distally.
Pelvic hematoma from ruptured ovarian hemorrhagic cyst. Every time I see this my first concern is ruptured ectopic until proven otherwise 900cc’s of blood evacuated by laparoscopy..
Choledocholithiasis
🎯 Presence of stone within the common bile duct
🎯 Present in 1-15% of gallstone patients
🎯 Jaundice, colicky pain, schools stools
🎯 elevated bilirubin, ggt, ALT and AST
🎯 Increased risk of pancreatitis, cholangitis
🎯 Prevalence increases with age
Cowden syndrome (aka multiple hamartoma syndrome) is an autosomal dominant inherited condition characterized by benign overgrowths called hamartomas.
The occurrence of multiple testicular lipomas, or testicular lipomatosis, is a characteristic finding in male patients with Cowden
Anyone have any cool pocus eye cases they wanna share I work i peds and don’t do them (have a couple) but I wanna do a small presentation to Sonographers who are unaware eye ultrasound is a thing. I’ll tag you along with any posts on ig or YouTube and here etc…
Normal vs Fatty Liver (hepatic steatosis) side by side. You can see the fatty liver is more echogenic(brighter) with more attenuation of the soundwaves. Grading can be done as mild, moderate and severe (I, II, III)
blunt testis trauma is characterized by rupture of the tunica albuginea and extrusion of seminiferous tubules. This testis shows a very heteronegous testicle with flow preserved to the upper pole, lower pole was avascular, with multiple little hematomas. Associated hematocele
Median Arcuate Ligament Syndrome (MALS) results from compression of the celiac artery by the median Arcuate ligament.
criteria for celiac artery stenosis of 70% or greater include (PSV) >200 cm/s and (EDV) >55 cm/s.
Measure velocities with inspiration and expiration.