Abdominal Key

Fig. 1 Transperineal ultrasound. Technical approach (left panel; Figures a, c) and correspondent findings (right panel, Figures b, d). With patient position is dorsal or left lateral position, the transducer is…

Fig. 1 a US images showing a dilated small bowel loop with increased mixed, mainly echogenic intraluminal fluid content and b diffuse bowel wall thickening with ascites a Fig. 2 US image…

Fig. 1 Sagittal views of the left colon in a severe form of PMC. a B-mode sonogram showing hypoechoic, nodular and diffuse thickening of the haustral relief of the colic wall;…

Fig. 1 a Longitudinal and b transverse scans of right iliac fossa showing asymmetric thickening of walls of the caecum, suggestive of amoeboma in a patient with amoebic liver abscess. c…

Fig. 1 Normal ileocecal anastomosis in a Crohn’s disease patient. Comparison of convex 3.5–5 MHz probe (a), fundamental imaging (FI) with high resolution 4–8 MHz microcovex probe (b) and tissue harmonic imaging (THI)…

Fig. 1 Schematic view of the sigmoid colon with several epiploic appendages Normal appendages can be seen on sonography or CT only if surrounded by free intraperitoneal fluid (Fig. 2). Most of…

Fig. 1 Neutropenic entercolitis. a Asymmetric hypoechoic non-homogenous tumour-like bowel wall thickening in the ileocecal region are the characteristic sonographic findings in NPC. The stenosis (Stenose) and dilatation of the small…

Fig. 1 Ischemic colitis in a young woman (drug addict). a Sonogram of the left colon showing a diffuse hypoechoic thickening of the colic wall, without stratification. b Preserved mural flow…