Thursday, June 13, 2013

A simple quiz- what is your diagnosis?

What is your diagnosis in this young woman with abdominal pain.
3D ultrasound images are shown below:

the answer is: a large gallbladder calculus located close to its neck.
Here are more images of the same case, the first is a 2-D ultrasound image,
the second is a 3-D Ultrasound image of the same case showing the gallbladder calculus is a large echogenic structure within it.


Tuesday, March 26, 2013

Sonography of a case of bilateral fetal hydronephrosis

34 week fetus...bilateral fetal hydronephrosis.. the question is , is this pelviureteric junction obstruction or is it posterior urethral valves...
See ultrasound images below: are those two structures the fetal ureter/ hydroureter or are they bowel loops


The fetal bladder....is it a typical keyhole bladder:
Fetal rt. kidney and is that a right hydroureter?





A wee bit of polyhydramnios....



Sunday, March 3, 2013

Renal calculus 3D ultrasound image

A 3D ultrasound image of left renal calculus. The calculus is seen in the upper part of the pelvis of left kidney. (Ultrasound image courtesy of Dr. Ravi Kadasne, MD, UAE).

for more on this topic visit: http://www.ultrasound-images.com/renal-calculi/
Also: http://cochinblogs.blogspot.in/2011/04/kidney-stones-renal-calculi-urinary.html