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A small amount of fluid in the pericardial sac is often observed incidentally during upper abdomen US studies. In order to assess the normality range for this finding, 500 patients undergoing liver US were evaluated for the presence of pericardial fluid, the thickness of which was subsequently measured in positive cases. In a group of 20 patients with pericardial fluid thickness ranging 5-9 mm and in 6 cases with pericardial effusion greater than 10 mm, cardiologic evaluation was performed (clinical examination, ECG, echocardiography). Pericardial fluid was quite a common finding (20.8%) which had no clinical relevance when less than 10 mm. On the contrary, its clinical relevance was high when greater than 10 mm, and extending around the heart.
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Derrame Pericárdico/diagnóstico por imagem , Pericárdio/diagnóstico por imagem , Humanos , Valores de Referência , UltrassonografiaRESUMO
We report two cases of spontaneous superior mesenteric artery dissection diagnosed by CT. In both cases lamination of the arterial wall and enhancement of both true and false lumina were the key to the diagnosis.
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Dissecção Aórtica/diagnóstico por imagem , Artérias Mesentéricas/diagnóstico por imagem , Tomografia Computadorizada por Raios X , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , UltrassonografiaRESUMO
The ultrasound image of gas-containing gallstones was evaluated in three cases. In two, the stones were studied in vitro in a phantom gallbladder by ultrasound, and then by microradiographic techniques. The third case was investigated in vivo by ultrasound and computerized tomography (CT). The presence of gas-containing fissures, which are not detectable on ultrasound, was demonstrated. In contrast, wider fissures, or a true gas bubble, produce reverberation echoes which depend upon the quantity of gas present within the gallstone.
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Colelitíase/diagnóstico , Gases , Ultrassonografia , Colecistectomia , Colelitíase/diagnóstico por imagem , Colelitíase/patologia , Humanos , Microrradiografia , Modelos Biológicos , Tomografia Computadorizada por Raios XRESUMO
Seven cases of metastases with acoustic shadow have been detected in a series of 108 liver metastases. In two cases this echographic pattern corresponded to calcified metastases and in one case to a necrotic metastasis, containing gas. In the last four cases the presence of an acoustic shadow (all colon carcinoma metastases in chemotherapy) must be attributed to the tissue characteristics of the lesion, since neither calcifications nor gas could be shown by CT. A possible effect of chemotherapy in causing this type of image can be thought to exist; this, according to the finding of hypoechogenic metastases turning to the same above mentioned pattern following chemotherapy.