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B‐scan ultrasound in the management of patients with occult abdominal hematomas
Author(s) -
Kaplan Gerson N.,
Sanders Roger C.
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
journal of clinical ultrasound
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.272
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1097-0096
pISSN - 0091-2751
DOI - 10.1002/jcu.1870010104
Subject(s) - medicine , occult , radiology , ultrasound , hematoma , abdominal ultrasound , surgery , pathology , alternative medicine
Experience with B scan ultrasound in the study of a series of patients admitted to the Johns Hopkins hospital for suspected occult hematomas has been reviewed. Patients included in this report acquired hematomas primarily as the result of medical or surgical therapy. The ultrasonic appearance in most patients is that of a cyst, due to unclotted or homogeneously clotted blood which generates no internal echoes. As soon as fragmentation of the clot occurs, internal echoes are usually found. B scanning was of value in detection, localization and follow‐up of hematomas and was the only diagnostic test used in seven of eleven cases. The advantage of this technique for diagnosis and follow‐up are related to the simplicity of the procedure, its lack of sideeffects and low cost.