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Typhoid fever ultrasound
Introduction
Overview
Overview
Ultrasonography may help in diagnosing complications of typhoid fever and differentiate it from other diseases presenting with similar symptomatology.[1][2][3][4]
Ultrasound
Ultrasound
Ultrasonography may help in diagnosing complications of typhoid fever and differentiate it from other diseases presenting with similar symptomatology. Complications which may be diagnosed with ultrasound inclulde:[1][2][3]
- Intestinal perforation (pneumoperitonium)
- Splenic abcess
- Acute acalculus cholecystitis[4]
- Chronic cholecystitis (chronic carrier state)
References
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 George P, Ahmed A, Maroli R, Tauro LF (2012). “Peritonitis secondary to ruptured splenic abscess: a grave complication of typhoid fever”. Asian Pac J Trop Med. 5 (12): 1004–6. doi:10.1016/S1995-7645(12)60191-6. PMID 23199723.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Schiff GM (1986). “Wither we goest? Notes of a society watcher plus other comments and thoughts”. J Lab Clin Med. 108 (1): 3–6. PMID 3711723.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Bomanji J, Garner A, Prasad J, Albert DM, Hungerford JL, Granowska M; et al. (1987). “Characterisation of ocular melanoma with cutaneous melanoma antibodies”. Br J Ophthalmol. 71 (9): 647–50. PMC 1041267. PMID 3311140.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 “Reorganized text”. JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 141 (5): 428. 2015. doi:10.1001/jamaoto.2015.0540. PMID 25996397.
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