Open AccessBladder stone: “Must know” ultrasonographic signs
Author(s) -
Koratala Abhilash,
Vangapalli Ananthalaxmi,
Bhattacharya Deepti,
Lee Loy Justin
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
clinical case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 9
ISSN - 2050-0904
DOI - 10.1002/ccr3.1977
Subject(s) - medicine , ultrasonography , radiology , acoustic shadow , color doppler , physical examination , medical physics
Key Clinical Message Point‐of‐care ultrasonography by non‐radiology physicians has become a valuable bedside diagnostic tool. As urolithiasis is one of the commonest indications for sonographic examination, physicians need to be familiar with the characteristic features of stones, that is, acoustic shadowing on gray scale and twinkle artefact on color doppler imaging.