Introduction to CEUS for Abdominal Applications: watch here
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Special thanks to ICUS Board Member Bev Gorman, the Intersocietal Accreditation Commission, and speakers Cyndi Peterson and Pam Burgess.
The ICUS Bubble Blog showcases real-life CEUS experiences from around the world, with a special focus on how CEUS impacts individual patients and their care.
By Dan Van Roekel, Fellow Body Imaging, Department of Radiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Elizabeth is a 64-year-old woman who developed pancreatitis with nausea, vomiting, and abdominal pain. A CT scan of her abdomen showed a mass-like lesion in the head of her pancreas, a potential sign of pancreatic adenocarcinoma or cancer. The mass-like lesion was obstructing her pancreatic duct leading to pancreatitis and was also obstructing her common bile duct, which is the tube that brings bile from the liver to the small bowel, leading to dilation of her bile ducts, cholangitis (inflammation of the bile ducts), and elevated bilirubin in her blood. Click here to continue.
