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Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine, Vol 1, Issue 4 151-155, Copyright © 1982 by American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Sonographic demonstration of air-fluid levels in abdominal abscesses

R. H. Golding, D. K. Li and P. L. Cooperberg
Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.

Abdominal sonograms were obtained for three patients who had clinically suspected abscesses. There were abnormal fluid collections that, when viewed from a posterior position, demonstrated a horizontal line representing an air-fluid level. Abdominal abscesses containing air were confirmed by both horizontal beam radiography and surgery. Since ultrasound examination is frequently performed before radiography in patients thought to have abscesses, it is important to look for and recognize the sonographic appearance of an air-fluid level.


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