scholarly journals MODERN CAPABILITIES OF ULTRASOUND VISUALIZATION OF ABDOMINAL WALL HERNIAS

2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 94-100
Author(s):  
Y P Zorin ◽  
M G Boitsova ◽  
NA A Karlova ◽  
A V Shabrov
Keyword(s):  
Differential Diagnosis ◽  
Abdominal Wall ◽  
Ultrasound Examination ◽  
Color Doppler ◽  
Standard Procedure ◽  
Correct Diagnosis ◽  
Dynamic Control ◽  
Abdominal Wall Hernia ◽  
Adequate Treatment ◽  
Scanning Procedure

Abdominal wall hernias are the common pathology in modern clinical practice. Clinical data sometimes make the correct diagnosis not possible what requires the timely specific and targeted ultrasound examination. Aims of research. Revealing the capabilities of ultrasound examination at the assumption of abdominal wall hernias. Materials and methods. Within four years the ultrasound examination of 88 patients was carried out who suffered from different abdominal wall hernia, with the use of standard procedure of ultrasound examination and specific tests for evaluation of the condition of hernia’s content. The ultrasound scanning procedure was performed using B-mode and Color Doppler mapping mode. The majority of patients hereafter underwent the planned or emergency surgical treatment and subsequent ultrasound dynamic control. Results. The ultrasound examination gave the opportunity to reveal hernias in all the patients examined. Standards of morphometry, conditions of successful diagnosis and criterions of differential diagnosis signs of abdominal wall hernias have been detected. Criterions of differentiation of non-complicated and complicated hernias were concretized Conclusions. Ultrasound examination is a highly informative method for search, diagnosis and differential diagnosis of abdominal wall hernias. The targeted search of specific ultrasound signs allows making a correct diagnosis what has a great value for the timing of beginning of the adequate treatment.

Abdominal wall hernias

2021 ◽  
pp. 175573802110018
Author(s):  
Caroline Rance ◽  
Alun Jones
Keyword(s):  
Differential Diagnosis ◽  
Abdominal Wall ◽  
Abdominal Wall Hernia ◽  
Daily Practice ◽  
Abdominal Viscus ◽  
Diagnosis And Management

An abdominal wall hernia is the abnormal protrusion of an intra-abdominal viscus, or part of a viscus, through a defect in the muscular and fascial layers of the abdominal wall. A prompt and thorough assessment must be carried out in order to differentiate hernias, particularly those containing bowel, from other causes of abdominal swelling. Abdominal wall hernias are one of the commonest types of hernia that a GP will encounter in their daily practice. This article discusses the diagnosis, differential diagnosis and management of commonly presenting abdominal wall hernias.

scholarly journals Ultrasonographic findings of epididymal torsion in adults - a rare cause of acute scrotum

2021 ◽  
Vol 74 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 38-40
Author(s):  
Daniela Donat ◽  
Slobodan Torbica ◽  
Sandra Trivunic-Dajko ◽  
Viktor Till
Keyword(s):  
Differential Diagnosis ◽  
Ultrasound Examination ◽  
Color Doppler ◽  
The Body ◽  
Acute Scrotum ◽  
Heterogeneous Structure ◽  
Scrotal Pain ◽  
Acute Scrotal Pain ◽  
Whirlpool Sign ◽  
Head Area

Introduction. Epididymal torsion is a rare cause of acute scrotum. Only a few cases have been described in the literature, and preoperative ultrasound diagnosis was done only in two cases. So far, according to our data, cases of epididymal torsion in adults have not previously been reported in the literature. Case Report. We report the case of a 39-year-old man, who was admitted to the hospital for pain in the left hemiscrotum lasting for three days. The physical examination revealed a swelling limited to the left hemiscrotum, so the patient was referred for an ultrasound examination with the diagnosis of epididymitis. The ultrasonography showed that the left epididymis was significantly enlarged in the head area with and heterogeneous structure of the parenchyma on a grayscale, without a significant Color Doppler signal. At the level of the neck and the body of the epididymis, there was a ?whirlpool sign? with a reactive hydrocele and edema of the left scrotum soft tissue that was highly suspicious for torsion of the epididymis. The patient underwent emergency surgery and epididymal torsion of about 540 degrees was confirmed intraoperatively. Conclusion. The torsion of the epididymis should be kept in mind in the differential diagnosis of acute scrotal pain in adults.

Can conversation analytic findings help with differential diagnosis in routine seizure clinic interactions?

2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katie Ekberg ◽  
Markus Reuber
Keyword(s):  
Differential Diagnosis ◽  
Correct Diagnosis ◽  
Diagnostic Errors ◽  
Epileptic Seizures ◽  
Routine Clinical Setting ◽  
Choice Of Treatment ◽  
Transient Loss ◽  
Factual Content ◽  
Patient’S History ◽  
Linguistic Methods

There are many areas in medicine in which the diagnosis poses significant difficulties and depends essentially on the clinician’s ability to take and interpret the patient’s history. The differential diagnosis of transient loss of consciousness (TLOC) is one such example, in particular the distinction between epilepsy and ‘psychogenic’ non-epileptic seizures (NES) is often difficult. A correct diagnosis is crucial because it determines the choice of treatment. Diagnosis is typically reliant on patients’ (and witnesses’) descriptions; however, conventional methods of history-taking focusing on the factual content of these descriptions are associated with relatively high rates of diagnostic errors. The use of linguistic methods (particularly conversation analysis) in research settings has demonstrated that these approaches can provide hints likely to be useful in the differentiation of epileptic and non-epileptic seizures. This paper explores to what extent (and under which conditions) the findings of these previous studies could be transposed from a research into a routine clinical setting.

Ultrasonic differential diagnostics of cyst and cystic tumors of the spleen

2020 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 63-75
Author(s):  
Yu. A. Stepanova ◽  
M. Z. Alimurzaeva ◽  
D. A. Ionkin
Keyword(s):  
Differential Diagnosis ◽  
Cancer Metastasis ◽  
Malignant Tumors ◽  
Dynamic Control ◽  
Differential Diagnostics ◽  
Epithelial Lining ◽  
Focal Lesions ◽  
Morphological Form ◽  
Cystic Tumors ◽  
Number Of Patients

The incidence of focal lesions in the spleen is 3.2–4.2% per 100,000 population. Spleen cysts are rare (incidence 0.75 per 100,000). These are single or multiple, thin- and smooth-walled cavities filled with a transparent liquid. Distinguish between primary (or true) cysts, lined with epithelium, and secondary (or false), devoid of epithelial lining. Among the primary cysts, there are congenital cysts formed in the embryonic period due to the migration of peritoneal cells into the spleen tissue, dermoid and epidermoid cysts. A special group of primary cysts are parasitic cysts. Cystic tumors of the spleen include lymphangioma and lymphoma.The main difficulties in the diagnosis and differential diagnosis of cysts and cystic tumors of the spleen are associated with the rarity of this pathology and, as a consequence, a small number of works, including a significant number of the cases. However, in those works where a large number of the cases are described, most often this is one morphological form and an analysis of its various characteristics.Purpose. Based on the analysis of our own examination data of a significant number of patients with cysts and cystic tumors of the spleen, to assess the possibility of differential diagnosis of individual morphological forms according to ultrasound data.Materials and methods. 323 patients with cysts and cystic tumors of the spleen from 15 to 77 years old (men – 105 (32.5%); women – 218 (67.5%) were treated at A.V. Vishnevsky National Medical Research Center of Surgery for the period from 1980 to 2020. All patients underwent ultrasound during examination. Surgical treatment was carried out in various ways – (85.1%), when making a preoperative diagnosis of an uncomplicated spleen cyst of small size, dynamic observation was carried out (verification by puncture biopsy data).Results. Morphological verification of cysts and cystic tumors of the spleen was presented as follows (taking into account possible difficulties in identifying the epithelial lining): true cyst – 182 (56.4%); dermoid cyst – 3 (0.9%) (malignant – in 1 case); pseudocyst – 16 (5.0%); pancreatogenic – 34 (10.5%); echinococcus – 52 (16.1%); lymphangioma – 24 (7.4%); lymphoma – 10 (3.1%); ovarian cancer metastasis – 2 (0.6%). The article describes the ultrasound signs of the above forms of the lesions with an emphasis on the complexity of diagnosis.Conclusions. Primary and parasitic spleen cysts are well differentiated according to ultrasound; false cysts of the spleen, depending on the cause of their occurrence, can create difficulties in their identification and differentiation (they require careful dynamic control); cystic tumors of the spleen should be differentiated from malignant tumors and metastases of a cystic structure, as a result of which such vigilance should always be present when they are detected.

What Can Complex Abdominal Wall Hernia Surgeons Learn About Quality of Life From Ancient Greek Philosophers?

2020 ◽  
Vol 03 (03) ◽  
Author(s):  
Olivia Smith ◽  
Miriam Isaac ◽  
Thomas Elanjithara ◽  
Praminthra Chitsabesan ◽  
Srinivas Chintapatla
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Abdominal Wall ◽  
Abdominal Wall Hernia ◽  
Ancient Greek

Clinical and Biochimical Comorbidities and Complications in Abdominal Surgery Using Synthetic Prosthetic Material

2018 ◽  
Vol 69 (6) ◽  
pp. 1519-1523
Author(s):  
Vlad Dumitru Baleanu ◽  
Danut Vasile ◽  
Alexandru Marian Goganau ◽  
Paul Ioan Tomescu ◽  
Dragos Davitoiu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Inguinal Hernia ◽  
Abdominal Wall ◽  
Abdominal Wall Hernia ◽  
Prosthetic Material ◽  
Hernia Surgery ◽  
Tension Free ◽  
Elective Repair ◽  
Scrotal Edema ◽  
Remarkable Recovery ◽  
Risks Assessment

Hernia can be defined as an organ disorder which protrudes the wall that contains it. Synthetic material for the repair of the abdominal wall are used frequently with good results and less complications. Our research included a number of 135 patients diagnosed with inguinal hernia hospitalized and operated in Clinical County Hospital of Craiova, between 1st January 2017-31 October 2017. The purpose of our work was to identify and analyze comorbidities and complications for inguinal hernia repaired with synthetic prosthetic material. hernia repair was performed in 135 patients, 16 were women and 119 were men. Tension free meshplasty was accomplished in 131 patients with uncomplicated inguinal hernia and herniorrhaphy was successfully performed at 4 patients with complicated inguinal hernia. From our study 107 patients had a remarkable recovery without any complication. Patients who underwent tension-free hernia surgery using prosthetic mesh,short-term complications were represented by 19 patients with urinary retention, 6 surgical local infection (superficial infections) and 2 scrotal edema. Nowadays surgeons try to find the best elective repair of inguinal hernia,to be safety for the patients despite of their age and with few complications and low mortality rate. Risks assessment include general conditions and associated comorbidities of the patients. In our study we reveal the type of comorbidities which we meet. We considered that it is significant to optimize cardiopulmonary status and the other comorbidities of the patient before to repair abdominal wall hernia in order to avoid both short and long term complication.

scholarly journals Ultrasound evaluation of dialysis access-related distal ischaemia

2021 ◽  
pp. 112972982093242
Author(s):  
N Pirozzi ◽  
L De Alexandris ◽  
J Scrivano ◽  
L Fazzari ◽  
J Malik
Keyword(s):  
Differential Diagnosis ◽  
Ultrasound Examination ◽  
Preoperative Evaluation ◽  
Signs And Symptoms ◽  
Central Vein ◽  
Dialysis Access ◽  
Needed Information ◽  
Vein Catheter ◽  
Ultrasound Evaluation ◽  
Central Vein Catheter

Dialysis access-related distal ischaemia is a rare yet potentially rather risky complication of haemodialysis angioaccess. Timely diagnosis is crucial to target both the goals of the access team: first of all to preserve the function of the hand ideally along with angioaccess patency. Unfortunately for some patients, urgent access ligation and central vein catheter insertion would be needed to save the hand. After a first clinical examination to determine the diagnostic suspicion, the ultrasound evaluation would provide nearly all the needed information to confirm the diagnosis and to determine the most appropriate procedure to rescue the patient from distal ischaemia. In some cases, photoplethysmography would help in the differential diagnosis of other non-ischaemic causes of similar signs and symptoms. Angiography would complete the preoperative evaluation for some. Dialysis access-related distal ischaemia would be briefly reviewed, and a deep description of the ultrasound examination tools and findings would be provided for a tailored therapeutic approach.

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