Wednesday, March 13, 2013

Fetal abdominal cystic mass- dermoid cyst

This 34 week old fetus shows this large cystic lesion with an echogenic nodule within it. The cyst measures 4.5 cms. whilst the the solid nodule was 2.5 cms. in size.








Thursday, March 07, 2013

Some 3D and 4D ultrasound images of 3rd trimester fetal face

This was a 34 week old fetus. Managed to capture a few 3D ultrasound images using the GE- P5 pro. It was a cephalic presentation. So had to rotate the image on the sonography machine.




And managed to catch the fetal leg and the foot too:

Wednesday, March 06, 2013

Portal cavernoma Vs portal biliopathy- a sonographic case study

This elderly male patient had generalized discomfort in the abdomen with vague pain in the epigastrium. No h/o alcoholism.

















Useful reading : 1) Sonoworld article on portal cavernoma

  2)Radiopedia article on cavernous transformation of the portal vein

 3) MRI in portal biliopathy

4) RSNA - radiology article portal biliopathy