Ultrasonography of the abdomen and pelvis
Author:
Mikael Häggström [notes 1]
Contents
Planning
- Choice of exam
For patients presenting with symptoms that are less specific for any certain organ, such as unspecific acute abdominal pain, consider an abdominal/pelvic CT instead.
Locations
- Liver measurements on ultrasonography.jpg
- Normal adult kidney.jpg
- Ultrasonography of a normal testicle.jpg
General screening
For symptoms of the upper abdomen, it is a proper custom to perform a general screening of the following organs:
- Pancreas, mainly for dilatation of the pancreatic duct, or obvious tumors.
- Liver, for echogenicity and focal changes. Further details: Ultrasonography of the liver
- Biliary tract, for gallstones (see ultrasonography of gallstones) and dilatation of the intrahepatic or extrahepatic bile ducts. The common bile duct is normally up to 8 mm.[1]
- Spleen, mainly for size, where 11 cm is a common cutoff. Further details: Ultrasonography of the spleen
Also, it is generally easy to have a quick glance at the kidneys just to exclude hydronephrosis. Further details: Ultrasonography of the urinary system
Diseases and conditions
Appendicitis
Aneurysm
Cirrhosis
Notes
- ↑ For a full list of contributors, see article history. Creators of images are attributed at the image description pages, seen by clicking on the images. See Radlines:Authorship for details.
References
- ↑ Hoeffel, Christine; Azizi, Louisa; Lewin, Maité; Laurent, Valérie; Aubé, Christophe; Arrivé, Lionel; Tubiana, Jean-Michel (2006). "Normal and Pathologic Features of the Postoperative Biliary Tract at 3D MR Cholangiopancreatography and MR Imaging ". RadioGraphics 26 (6): 1603–1620. doi:. ISSN 0271-5333.
