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"Falling snowflakes," an ultrasound sign of hydatid sand.
Author(s) -
Saint Martin G,
Chiesa J C
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
journal of ultrasound in medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.574
H-Index - 91
eISSN - 1550-9613
pISSN - 0278-4297
DOI - 10.7863/jum.1984.3.6.257
Subject(s) - medicine , hydatid cyst , sign (mathematics) , ultrasound , radiology , differential diagnosis , cyst , echinococcosis , ultrasonography , surgery , pathology , mathematical analysis , mathematics
It has been claimed that the distinction between a simple cyst and a simple noncomplicated hydatid cyst cannot be made by ultrasound examination. It is very important to make this distinction before attempting a diagnostic or therapeutic puncture of a cyst, at least in geographic areas where echinococcosis is endemic. The authors report an ultrasound sign that makes this differential diagnosis possible.