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Irritable bowel syndrome ultrasound
Introduction
Overview
Overview
There are no ultrasound findings associated with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). IBS patients presenting with with postprandial right upper quadrant pain, must undergo an ultra sonogram of the gallbladder to rule out pain due to cholecystitis. Postmenopausal women presenting with constipation, abdominal distension and pain localized to the lower abdomen should undergo trans vaginal and trans abdominal ultrasonography to rule out ovarian cancer.
Ultrasound
Ultrasound
- There are no ultrasound findings associated with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS).
- Â IBS patients presenting with with postprandial right upper quadrant pain, must undergo an ultra sonogram of the gallbladder to rule out pain due to cholecystitis.Â
- Postmenopausal women presenting with constipation, abdominal distension and pain localized to the lower abdomen should undergo trans vaginal and trans abdominal ultrasonography to rule out ovarian cancer.[1][2][3]
References
References
- ↑ Pavlik EJ, Saunders BA, Doran S, McHugh KW, Ueland FR, Desimone CP, Depriest PD, Ware RA, Kryscio RJ, van Nagell JR (2009). “The search for meaning-Symptoms and transvaginal sonography screening for ovarian cancer: predicting malignancy”. Cancer. 115 (16): 3689–98. doi:10.1002/cncr.24407. PMID 19603478.
- ↑ Yawn BP, Barrette BA, Wollan PC (2004). “Ovarian cancer: the neglected diagnosis”. Mayo Clin. Proc. 79 (10): 1277–82. doi:10.4065/79.10.1277. PMID 15473410.
- ↑ Goff B (2012). “Symptoms associated with ovarian cancer”. Clin Obstet Gynecol. 55 (1): 36–42. doi:10.1097/GRF.0b013e3182480523. PMID 22343227.
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