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Sonographic findings of a Bochdalek hernia: The importance of ring‐down artifacts
Author(s) -
Yang Dal Mo,
Kim Hyun Cheol,
Jin Wook
Publication year - 2011
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.20854
Subject(s) - medicine , bochdalek hernia , hernia , ring (chemistry) , radiology , anatomy , general surgery , pregnancy , fetus , congenital diaphragmatic hernia , biology , genetics , chemistry , organic chemistry
Bochdalek hernia is the most common congenital diaphragmatic hernia. It may be incidentally identified on CT. We report the sonographic findings in a case of Bochdalek hernia, which showed ring‐down artifact posterior to the herniated intra‐abdominal fat. © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Clin Ultrasound, 2011.