Color comet tail artifact

Case contributed by Abdallah Al Khateeb , 22 Mar 2016
Diagnosis almost certain
Changed by Mostafa Elfeky , 30 May 2020

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Colour comet-tail artefactartifact
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Lower urinary tract symptoms.
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Color comet-tail artefactartifact is the result of the ultrasonic Doppler waves facing a highly reflective object, which in this case is a stone.

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The grey scale image shows an echogenic focus dependent in the urinary bladder, showing clear posterior acoustic shadowing. Also, the prostate gland is enlarged and indenting the base of the urinary bladder.On the colorcolour Doppler image, there is an area of turbulent flow-like shadow, emanating from the focus.

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