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Image artifacts are frequently encountered in clinical ultrasound. While some of them may be a source of misinterpretation, others may provide useful information related to the composition of underlying tissue....
Appendiceal diverticulitis is an uncommon cause of right lower quadrant abdominal pain. Mostly, it is considered as acute appendicitis because the clinical presentation of the appendiceal diverticulitis is similar to...
Appendiceal mucocele is usually discovered incidentally during radiologic or endoscopic evaluation for unrelated complaints. Patients are often asymptomatic or have nonspecific symptoms. On abdominal ultrasound, an appendiceal mucocele usually has...
Torsion of the fatty appendage of the falciform ligament is very rare disease that produces acute abdominal pain. Ultrasound or computed tomography (CT) is used to diagnose a torted fatty...
Liver ultrasound is important for screening of hepatocellular carcinoma, hepatitis virus associated chronic hepatitis, and cirrhosis. It is also useful for diagnosis and follow-up of diffuse and focal liver diseases....
Imaging the tricuspid valve (TV) using transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) seems more difficult than imaging other cardiac valves due to not only the complex valvular structure but also the anterior, far-field...
Lower abdominal pain is one of the most common symptoms prompting patients to visit hospitals. It can be caused mainly by gastrointestinal diseases such as appendicitis, an appendiceal tumor, diverticulitis,...
Abdominal ultrasonography is useful tool for the diagnosis of liver cirrhosis. However, it is difficult to diagnose without typical lesion-like liver surface modularity or splenomegaly. Misdiagnosis of liver cirrhosis could...