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Neonatal jaundice ultrasound

Introduction

Overview

Overview

Ultrasound can be useful for assessing hepatomegaly, or liver enlargement, which can sometimes be seen in hemolytic diseases causing jaundice.

Ultrasound

Ultrasound

Ultrasound can be useful for assessing hepatomegaly, or liver enlargement, which can sometimes be seen in hemolytic diseases causing jaundice. Ultrasound is the most cost effective imaging test of the spleen.[1]

References

References

  1. ↑ Orphanidou-Vlachou E, Tziakouri-Shiakalli C, Georgiades CS (2014). “Extramedullary hemopoiesis”. Semin Ultrasound CT MR. 35 (3): 255–62. doi:10.1053/j.sult.2013.12.001. PMID 24929265.

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