RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Ring down artefacts on abdominal sonography to predict pulmonary abnormalities in the emergency department
JF Emergency Medicine Journal
JO Emerg Med J
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and the British Association for Accident & Emergency Medicine
SP 747
OP 748
DO 10.1136/emj.2004.016352
VO 22
IS 10
A1 Tsai, C-L
A1 Wang, H-P
A1 Lien, W-C
A1 Chen, C-C
A1 Lai, T-I
A1 Chen, W-J
YR 2005
UL http://emj.bmj.com/content/22/10/747.abstract
AB Ring down artefacts are sometimes found when emergency physicians perform abdominal ultrasound to differentiate between various abdominal problems. We describe a patient who presented with right upper quadrant abdominal pain and whose ultrasound examination showed ring down artefacts posterior to the right hemidiaphragm, which led to the eventual diagnosis of pneumonia. Ring down artefacts on ultrasound may be used to predict pulmonary abnormalities. Awareness of this sonographic finding may assist in accurate diagnosis and administration of appropriate treatment without delay.