Review article

Abdominal ultrasound diagnostics of infectious diseases

Kristijan Bayer ; Klinika za infektivne bolesti "Dr. Fran Mihaljević", Zagreb, Hrvatska
Neala Schoenwald ; Klinika za infektivne bolesti "Dr. Fran Mihaljević", Zagreb, Hrvatska
Ivan Kurelac ; Klinika za infektivne bolesti "Dr. Fran Mihaljević", Zagreb, Hrvatska
Ivica Sjekavica ; KBC Zagreb, Klinički zavod za dijagnostičku i intervencijsku radiologiju, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Marija Frković ; Zdravstveno veleučilište, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Miljenko Marotti ; KBC "Sr.milosrdnice", Zavod za dijagnostičku i intervencijsku radiologiju, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Ivan Drinković ; Poliklinika Drinković, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Jasminka Granić ; Klinika za infektivne bolesti "Dr. Fran Mihaljević", Zagreb, Hrvatska
Klaudija Višković ; Klinika za infektivne bolesti "Dr. Fran Mihaljević", Zagreb, Hrvatska

Abstract

Abdominal ultrasonography uses the transmission and reflection of ultrasound waves to visualise internal organs through the abdominal wall. We describe the clinical significance and sonographic features of various types of liver focal and diffuse infections, biliary, pancreatic and splenic inflammatory conditions and differential diagnosis. With the exception of cysts and typical haemangiomas, a definitive characterisation of liver lesions is often not possible using conventional ultrasound. This review also provides an overview of transabdominal ultrasonography of the small and large bowel, while summarizing its use in a variety of gastrointestinal infectious and inflammatory diseases.

Keywords

Ultrasound diagnostics; infectious diseases; abdomen; ultrasound guided interventional procedures

Hrčak ID:

98597

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/98597

Publication date:

30.9.2012.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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