Sunday, November 12, 2017

Musculoskeletal ultrasound

Musculoskeletal ultrasound imaging has come of age with the use of high frequency probes to image muscles and joints as well as the abdominal wall. The images below show CT scan Sagittal and transverse sections through the abdomen of a patient with Paraumbilical hernia diagnosed initially by ultrasound.

CT scan often helps confirm findings.
See more on musculoskeletal ultrasound.

Pleomorphic adenoma

http://www.ultrasound-images.com/salivary-glands/#pleomorphic-adenoma-parotid
The above link shows ultrasound images of
the left parotid salivary gland which which Lodges a large mass which is more or less homogeneous and shows poor vascularity.
The principal differential diagnosis in this case is pleomorphic adenoma versus warthin's tumor of the parotid salivary gland.
In this case fnac proved this to be a pleomorphic adenoma of the left parotid gland.