Upper Extremity Deep Venous Thrombosis (DVT)
Clinical
Upper-extremity DVT now accounts for about 8% of all cases of DVT. Subclavian vein (SCV) clot is usually associated with arm swelling. Jugular venous (JV) clot is often asymptomatic.
Diagram of venous drainage of upper extremity: A-Medial cubital vein; B-Basilic vein; C-Cephalic vein; [...]
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Tags: (generally, (i.e., (JV), 3), 3.5 MHz may be needed for obese patients, 4), 45¡, 5, 60, 7.5, 7.5 MHz if thin). Use compression on the axillary, 8, 90¡, a, A-Medial, abducted, abnormal, About, absent, accounts, adjacent, all, Also, an, and, and jugular veins just as you would compress lower extremity veins. The SCV cannot be directly compressed and requires more careful examination. Generally the SCV is best evaluated from the infracla, applied, approach, approach. Gray, approaches., are, arm, arrow, arrowhead)., arrowheads, arrows, artery, as, associated, asymmetrically, Asymmetry, asymptomatic, at, augmentation., average, axillary, B-Basilic, BCV, be, best, Bilateral, blood, both, brachial, C-Cephalic, can, cannot, careful, carotid, cases, cava, central, changes, clot, collapse, Color, compared, comparison, complete, completely, compress, compressed, compressibility, compression., continuous, could, cubital, D-Brachial, decreased, deep, defects, demonstrating, Diagram, dilated, directly, distal, distend, distended, distention, doppler, Doppler Compare, Doppler Look, drainage, Duplex, DVT, DVT: 1), E-Axillary, elevated, Emergency, enlargement, especially, evaluated, evident., Exam Patient, examination, extremities, Extremity, F-Subclavian, Figure, filling, Findings:, flat, flow, For, from, G-External, getting, H-Internal, Having, head, help, hypoechoic, I-Brachiocephalic, i.e. continuous nonphasic flow, If, image, imaged, in, indicate, indicates, infra-, infraclavicular, internal, intraluminal, is, its, J-Superior, Jugular, just, lack, least, lecture, linear, little);, longitudinal, Look, lower, lumen, maintains, maneuver., maneuvers, may, medicine, MHz), minimal, more, needed, no, non-compressibility, non-phasic, nonphasic, normal, Note, now, obese, obstruction., obtainable, occluding, of, often, on, opposite, or, or no obtainable signal. Duplex Doppler demonstrating non-phasic flow in a peripheral vein with thrombosis., or put patient flat or even in Trendelenburg position to distend the veins. Use a linear transducer (5 MHz for average patient, partial, Patient, patients, peripheral, phasic, portion, position, possible, present, presumed, problem, put, radiology, red, reduced, reduced or absent flow with distal augmentation, requires, respiration, respiratory, response, scale First, settings:, shape., should, shows, side., signal, signals, size, slow, sniff, sonographic, Subclavian, suggest, supraclavicular, swelling, symptomatic, that, the, there, there is no response to these respiratory maneuvers and the vein is often asymmetrically dilated. Look at the opposite presumed normal side. Duplex Doppler Compare bilateral waveforms. , these, thin, Thrombosis-Upper, thrombosis., thrombus, to, transducer, transverse, Trendelenburg, trouble, ultrasound, unlike, upper, Upper Extremity Deep Venous Thrombosis, Upper Extremity Deep Venous Thrombosis (DVT) Clinical Upper-extremity DVT now accounts for about 8% of all cases of DVT. Subclavian vein (SCV) clot is usually associated with arm swelling. Jugular , Use, usually, vein, vein. 2), veins. Use, veins;, vena, venous, very, Visualization, waveforms., which could suggest a thrombus. Slow flow can indicate a possible thrombus in the BCV or SCV especially if there is slow flow compared with the opposite side. Comparison will also help you with the se, while, will, with, would, you 
No Comments »Lower Extremity DVT
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DVT is a common clinical problem with significant associated mortality from pulmonary embolism. There are approximately 2 million cases per year and nearly 60,000 related deaths per year. DVT can be a difficult disease to diagnose because the signs and symptoms are non-specific and unreliable. Some of [...]
Posted in Emergency, medicine, radiologic emergencies, radiology Tags: (i.e., 000 related deaths per year. DVT can be a difficult disease to diagnose because the signs and symptoms are non-specific and unreliable. Some of the signs and symptoms include calf tenderness, 10¡-20¡, 4), 5, 60, a, A-Plantar, abnormal, absent, Acute, adductor, adjacent, Also, anatomic, and, and tachypnea. Diagram of the venous drainage of the lower extremity: A-Plantar venous arch; B-Posterior tibial veins; C-Peroneal veins; D-Anterior tibial veins; E-Popliteal vein; F-Femoral vein;, applied, Approximately, arch;, are, arrow, arrowhead)., arrows, artery, assess, assess response to augmentation. If acute thrombus is identified, associated, at, augmentation., B A., B-Posterior, be, because, Beware, blood, body, both, C-Peroneal, calf, calf muscle veins and varicosities may be evaluated if symptomatic. The region of the leg that is tender should be imaged. Sonographic Findings of DVT: 1) Lack of complete compressibility of vein, can, canal, cases, centimeter, central, CFV, clinical, Color, common, commonly, compared, comparison. In, complete, compress, compress each centimeter of the CFV, compress). 2), compressibility, compression., compression. A, compression. Calf, continuous, contralateral, D-Anterior, dampened, deaths, deep, demonstrating, determine, determine the extent with gentle compression. Calf veins should be examined in patients with anatomic calf pain and a negative femoral-popliteal exam. Follow paired posterior tibilal vein from the me, diagnose, Diagram, difficult, disease, distal, distended, distention, do, do the symptomatic leg only. If the Doppler flow is continuous or dampened, does, doppler, down, drainage, Duplex, DVT, DVT Clinical DVT, DVT: 1), E-Popliteal, each, elevated, embolism., Emergency, evaluated, evidence, exam, Exam Have, examine, examined, exclude, extent, external, Extremity, extrinsic, F-Femoral, femoral, femoral-popliteal, Figure, filling, Findings:, flow, flowing, follow, For, from, G-Deep, gentle, greater, grey, H-Common, high, hypoechoic, i.e. continuous nonphasic flow, i.e. DVT of extrinsic compression. A B A. Duplex Doppler demonstrating phasic flow in a normal peripheral vein. B. Duplex Doppler demonstrating non-phasic flow in a peripheral vein with thrombosi, identified, identify, If, iliac, image, imaged, images, in, Inability, include, indicating, indicating intraluminal thrombus. 5) Continuous, indistinguishable, intraluminal, is, join, junction, lack, lecture, leg, legs, lesser, limb, longitudinal, longitudinal color images with color filling the vessel can be used to exclude acute DVT. Obtain representative Doppler tracings from the CFV, low, lower, Lower Extremity DVT Clinical DVT is a common clinical problem with significant associated mortality from pulmonary embolism. There are approximately 2 million cases per year and nearly 60, lumen. 3), malleolus, may, medial, million, minimal, mortality, muscle., nearly, negative, no, non-phasic, non-specific, nonphasic, nonphasic flow in CFV unilaterally, normal, not, obstruction., Obtain, obtainable, of, only., or, or no obtainable signal. A B A. Longitudinal color Doppler demonstrating normal blood flow in a peripheral vein. B. Longitudinal color Doppler image with transducer compression applied shows flow, outflow, pain, paired, partial, patientâs, patients, per, perforators, peripheral, peroneal, phasic, plane, poorly, popliteal, portions, possible, posterior, pressure, prime, problem, proximal., pulmonary, radiology, red, reduced, reduced or absent flow with distal augmentation, region, related, representative, response, risk, rotation., sample, sample the contralateral CFV for comparison. In the transverse plane, saphenous, scale, SFV, SFV and popliteal vein down to the trifurcation. Also identify and compress the central portions of the deep femoral and greater saphenous where these vessels join the CFV. In cases where portions of , SFV and popliteal veins. Spontaneous and phasic flow is normal. If the flow is not phasic, should, shows, signal. A, signals, significant, Signs, site, Some, sonographic, spontaneous, suggesting, suggesting iliac vein outflow obstruction, swelling, symptomatic, symptoms, system., tachycardia, tachypnea., tender, tenderness, that, the, there, these, thrombosis., thrombus, thrombusis, tibial, tibilal, to, tracings, transducer, transverse, trifurcation., unilateral, unilateral limb swelling, unilaterally, unreliable., upper, used, varicosities, vein, veins;, venous, very, vessel, vessels., Visualization, visualized, where, with, with phasic flow in contralateral CFV, year No Comments »Ectopic Pregnancy
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An ectopic pregnancy is implantation of a fertilized ovum outside of the fundus or body of the uterine cavity. Usually bleeding or pain in a patient with a positive BHCG is the common presentation. Ectopic pregnancy can never be excluded. We can confirm an intrauterine pregnancy (IUP) [...]
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Typical clinical concerns are r/o ovarian cyst/mass/torsion, PID or appendicitis.
Longitudinal scan through the urine-filled bladder (B) demonstrates a normal adult uterus (red arrowheads) with smooth contours and pear shape. The cervix (red arrow) is recognized at the junction of imaginary lines drawn though the long [...]
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Approximately 90-95% of abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA) are confined to the infrarenal aorta. AAA are usually not repaired until they exceed 4-5 cm in maximum diameter. The risk of rupture within 5 years is 25% at 5 cm diameter. AAA smaller than 5 cm have a a3% risk [...]
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• Imaging techniques
• Normal anatomy
• Splenomegaly
• Malignant mass lesions
• Splenic infection
• Splenic trauma
• Other splenic disorders
IMAGING TECHNIQUES
Plain radiography is not routinely used in the evaluation of [...]
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In, imaging, immediately, immune, immunocompromised, immunological, immunosuppression, implants, important, in, inactive, Inc, incidentally, include, includes, increased, increasing, index, indicated, indicator, indistinguishable, individual, individuals, infarct., infarcted, infarction, infarction. Bacterial, infarcts, infection, INFECTION Splenic, infection •, inferior, infiltrated, infiltration, infrequently, inhomogeneous, initial, injected, injection., injured, injuries, injury, Inoue, intensity, internal, interspersed, intervention, intestine, into, intra-abdominal, intracystic, intrasplenic, intravascular, intravenous, intravenously, investigation, involved, involved. Patients, involvement, involves, involving, in’[19]. MALIGNANT, Irgil, Iron, iron-oxide, irregular, is, iso, isodense, isointense;, isomerism), issue. Polysplenia, it, Itai, its, J, J.A.W., JA., JC, JE, Jeffrey, Jennis, Jessop, JJ, JK, join, JP, JT:, judge, Julie, K, KA, Kanagasabay, Kawashima, KCD, Kelekis, KI:, kidney, KJ, Klippel–Trénaunay–Weber, known, Koehler, Kosovsky, Koutrouvelis, Kozicky, Kunnen, KY, LA, Lab, labelled, laceration, lacerations., ladder., Lam, Lamb, large, late, laxity, lead, Lederman, Lee, left-sided, left-sidedness)., left., leiomyosarcoma, length, lesion, lesions, LESIONS Lymphoma, lesions Splenic, lesions •, lesions[13]., lesion[22]., less, leukaemia, leukaemia. On, level, levo-isomerism, LG, lies, ligament., ligaments, like, likely, limited, line., linear, lining, Lippencott-Raven;, literature., little);, liver, liver. 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