Misinterpretation of Achalasia as a Pneumothorax in Transthoracic Ultrasonography | Zendy

Amirhosein Jahanshir | Zendy; Hojat Sheikh Motahar Vahedi | Zendy; Javad Hosseini | Zendy; Maryam Bahreini | Zendy

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Misinterpretation of Achalasia as a Pneumothorax in Transthoracic Ultrasonography

Author(s) -

Amirhosein Jahanshir,

Hojat Sheikh Motahar Vahedi,

Javad Hosseini,

Maryam Bahreini

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

journal of academic emergency medicine case reports

Language(s) - Turkish

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.112

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eISSN - 1309-534X

pISSN - 2146-2925

DOI - 10.5152/jaemcr.2014.562

Subject(s) - medicine , achalasia , ultrasonography , pneumothorax , radiology , general surgery , gynecology , surgery , esophagus

Giris: Şupheli pnomotoraksin ultrasonografi ile degerlendirilmesi acil servis bolumlerinde yapilan rutin bir islemdir. Ultrasonografi pnomotoraksin tespit edilmesinde oldukca duyarlidir, ancak bazi yanlis-pozitif sonuclar vermektedir. Olgu sunumu: Bu olgu sunumunda, rutin yatak basi torasik ultrasonografide pnomotoraks olarak yanlis degerlendirilen akalazyasi olan 60 yasindaki bir erkek hastayi sunmaktayiz. Sonuc: Akalazya, pnomotoraksin yatak basi ultrasonografi ile elde edilen yanlis-pozitif sonuclarinin nadir bir nedenidir.

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