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What is this?
1 · The case
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What do you suspect? What do you recommend?
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3 · The answer
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Winter is coming… Le'ts play!
What do you suspect? What do you recommend?
The answer will come out next week
Discussion (8)
ernesto artaraz
Hello:
could it be a foreing body???
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gastric intussusception
Blair Johnson
I think this is in the anterior abdomen based on the structures I can see. The round structure appears most likely to be in the lumen of the stomach (pyloric region). This is always hard when I don’t have my hand on the probe. I would look around more to identify more normal structures to help rule out other possibilities and reinforce the location I am suspicious of. Exploratory would be the next step to R/O mass, infection or FB.
Adriana Scialpi
Duodenal foreign body. Could it be a fruit? Like a tangerine or lemon?
ernesto artaraz
very nice. thnak you for sharing
Marc-Andre d'Anjou Author
Thanks Ernesto :)
Cathy W Jarrett
I've always been curious why potatoes don't cause a distal acoustic shadow like other FB. Is this because the ultrasound waves are able to penetrate through the potato due to high water content? Is this true for other vegetables, like carrots, as well?
Marc-Andre d'Anjou Author
Good question! You are right, the content of these vegetables allow ultrasound to go through without significant attenuation, which explains the lack of shadowing. "Hydrated" FB tend to behave the same way, although exceptions can occur.
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