¿Alguna vez has confundido un derrame pleural y un pericárdico?
Aunque no es habitual, en pacientes con derrame pleural izquierdo y derrame pericárdico se puede generar una ventana ecográfica curiosa en la que cuesta diferenciar el origen del líquido. #InternistaIntervencionista
Demonstrative video answering the case previously shown.
Full-thickness tear of the supraspinatus tendon without retraction, resting on the distal stump at the footprint, demonstrated by forcing the bursal fluid to separate the margins.
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Chondrocalcinosis of the knee 👇
Pearls:
- Fibrocartilage CPPD (in the meniscus) occurs at a younger age and is more prevalent than femoral hyaline cartilage CPPD.
- Chondrocalcinosis in both the fibrocartilage and hyaline cartilage is frequent in patients > 80 years old (47% and 23%, respectively).
What is your age cutoff to screen for secondary causes of CPPD?! --> hypophasatesia, hypomagnesemia, hyperparathyroidism and hemochromatosis
Reference for a deeper dive: Cipolletta E, Francioso F, Smerilli G, Di Battista J, Filippucci E. Ultrasound reveals a high prevalence of CPPD in consecutive patients with knee pain. Clin Rheumatol. 2024 Jan;43(1):435-441. doi: 10.1007/s10067-023-06805-3. Epub 2023 Nov 17. PMID: 37975949.
#MSKUS #RheumUS
23/F nil complain, My opinion on it.
The sonogram demonstrates dilated regional large bowel loops with normal caliper. The loops show oscillatory dense intraluminal contents.
No mural wall thickening seen, No intraluminal masses demonstrated.
Impression:
Dilated bowel loops with pendulous dense intraluminal contents.
Possible etiologies:
Gastroenteritis
Irritable bowel syndrome
Partial large bowel obstruction
Paralytic ileus
NB; Patient's clinical correlation advised✍🏻
What do you think ???
Tips to get an “A” in lung ultrasound - for the best A lines.
1️⃣ Choose lung or FAST preset
2️⃣ Reduce the gain
3️⃣ Distance don't lie
4️⃣ Use a high frequency probe
Lateral elbow enthesitis (common extensor tendon) in a patient with ankylosing spondylitis on a TNF inhibitor.
Pearl:
Not all OMERACT entheseal elementary lesions are equally important!
-More specific 👉 erosions and 🔥power Doppler signal (especially ≤2 mm from cortex)
-Less specific 👉 heterogeneity, calcifications and enthesophytes (can occur due to biomechanical loading/stress, esp. LE enthesis with high BMI)
#MSKUS #RheumUS
It’s not the machine - it’s the hand. 🖐️✨
We’ve all been there: a high BMI, a gassy abdomen, or a patient who can’t hold their breath. Your first instinct might be to reach for the gain or depth settings, but the real „magic“ happens in how you manipulate the transducer.
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