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12368942

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-10-7
pubmed:abstractText
Ultrasonography is the first line imaging investigation in patients with jaundice, right upper quadrant pain, or hepatomegaly. Most patients with jaundice have parenchymal or obstructive jaundice. A 56-year old man was admitted to the Institute of Digestive Diseases, Belgrade, with severe pains in the epigastrium, vomiting, icteric coloration of sclera, white stools and dark urine. The symptoms had developed 5 days after a Billroth II resection. The functional liver test indicated a pronounced cholestasis. Real-time ultrasonography showed in the projection of the pancreas head, a clear bordered unechogenic oval formation, with a size of 40 x 35 mm. This finding indicated a possibility of an afferent loop obstruction, accompanied by consecutive obstructive icterus due to compression on the common bile duct. Ultrasonographic examination was followed by surgical reintervention. With the development of noninvasive imaging, transcutaneous ultrasonography, computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging, the diagnosis of pancreatic and other cysts in upper abdomen is usually straightforward. The important ultrasonographic characteristic of empty organs, compared to cysts and pseudocyts, is a change in the morphology and size of organs after a specific time interval. Air bubbles in the organs lumen are like mobile reflectors, and they are an important sign in identifying segments of the gastrointestinal tract.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
1221-4167
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
11
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
219-22
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
Jaundice after Billroth II resection. A case report.
pubmed:affiliation
Institute of Digestive Diseases, Medical Faculty, Belgrade, Yugoslavia.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports