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Images in emergency medicine
Massive pelviureteric junction obstruction: the role of focused ultrasound in the emergency investigation of abdominal masses in children
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- Paediatrics
- focused ultrasonography
- renal pelvis
- imaging
- ultrasound
- paediatric emergency med
- abdomen, non-trauma
- renal imaging
- x-ray
- imaging
- ultrasound imaging
A 13-year-old boy presented with a month's history of abdominal pain. A large palpable right-upper quadrant mass was confirmed on x-ray (figure 1A). A focused ultrasound, performed by the emergency department registrar, demonstrated a large right-sided hydronephrosis. This was confirmed by a formal departmental ultrasound, revealing a …
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