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Point-of-care ultrasound (curriculum)
The point-of-care ultrasound (PoCUS) curriculum is one of our curriculum articles and aims to be a collection of articles that represent the core applications of ultrasonography in a point-of-care setting.
Point-of-care ultrasound refers to ultrasonography which may be simultaneously performed,...
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CA-125
CA-125 is a high-molecular-weight glycoprotein found on the surface of Müllerian and celomic epithelial-derived cell types and is the best-known tumor marker for epithelial ovarian cancer 6. Importantly, it may also be elevated in several other conditions (see differential diagnosis section belo...
Case
Metastatic melanoma
Published
03 Jan 2014
74% complete
CT
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Biliary cystadenoma
Biliary cystadenomas, also known as mucinous cystic neoplasms of the liver, are uncommon benign cystic neoplasms of the liver.
Epidemiology
Biliary cystadenomas occur predominantly in middle-aged patients and are more common in women 1.
Clinical presentation
The clinical presentation of bili...
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Fluid-fluid levels in liver lesions
Fluid-fluid levels in liver lesions are a rare appearance of both benign and malignant conditions.
Differential diagnosis
benign
complicated hepatic cyst 2
hepatic abscess 2
chronic hepatic hematoma 3
biliary cystadenoma 3
hepatic hemangioma (very rare) 2
malignant
cystic/necrotic hepat...
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Cystic hepatic metastases
Cystic hepatic metastases are included in the differential for new cystic liver lesions. The internal cystic component may represent necrosis as the tumor outgrows its hepatic blood supply, or it may represent a mucinous component, similar to the primary tumor.
The liver and lungs are the most ...
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Abscess
Abscesses are focal confined collections of suppurative inflammatory material and can be thought of as having three components 1:
a central core consisting of necrotic inflammatory cells and local tissue
peripheral halo of viable neutrophils
surrounded by a 'capsule' with dilated blood vessel...
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Hepatic metastases
Hepatic metastases are 18-40 times more common than primary liver tumors 6. Ultrasound, CT, and MRI are helpful in detecting hepatic metastases and evaluation across multiple post-contrast CT series, or MRI pulse sequences are necessary.
Epidemiology
The demographics of patients with liver me...
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