Unusual solution to abdominal pain with contrast enhanced ultrasound.


Journal

BMJ case reports
ISSN: 1757-790X
Titre abrégé: BMJ Case Rep
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101526291

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
04 Nov 2019
Historique:
entrez: 7 11 2019
pubmed: 7 11 2019
medline: 1 4 2020
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Splenic infarction might be the symptom onset of an important underlying disease. The possibility of splenic infarction must be inserted into differential diagnosis in all those patients who have pain in the upper left quadrant and/or on the left flank. When faced with a case of splenic infarction in a patient who has flown or climbed to high altitudes, it is appropriate to consider the possibility of an haemoglobinopathy. The diagnosis is far from being obvious for emergency physicians. For these reasons, it is very important to proceed as a multidisciplinary team with appropriate diagnostic examinations. The European Guidelines for non-hepatic applications of contrast enhanced ultrasound suggest the usage of this tool for investigation of suspected ischaemic lesions of the spleen.

Identifiants

pubmed: 31690686
pii: 12/11/e230579
doi: 10.1136/bcr-2019-230579
pmc: PMC6855849
pii:
doi:

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Types de publication

Case Reports Journal Article

Langues

eng

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IM

Informations de copyright

© BMJ Publishing Group Limited 2019. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ.

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

Competing interests: None declared.

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Auteurs

Sara Montemerani (S)

Department of Emergency Medicine, Department of Medicine, Surgery and Neuroscience, University of Siena, Siena, Italy sara.montemerani@gmail.com.

Luca Castellani (L)

Department of Internal Medicine, IRCCS, AOU San Martino, Genova, Italy.

Gianni Guazzi (G)

Department of Emergency Radiology, Department of Medicine, Surgery and Neuroscience, University of Siena, Siena, Italy.

Marcello Pastorelli (M)

Department of Emergency Medicine, Department of Medicine, Surgery and Neuroscience, University of Siena, Siena, Italy.

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