Role of Ultrasonogram in Chronic Abdominal Pain
Journal Title: Scholars Journal of Applied Medical Sciences - Year 2018, Vol 6, Issue 12
Abstract
Abstract: Chronic abdominal pain is abdominal discomfort lasting beyond six months. It may arise from problems in gut, biliary tract, and pancreas, gynaecological or genitourinary organs. Presenting features of chronic abdominal pain include undifferentiated abdominal pain, intestinal colic, pelvic/ iliac fossa pain, dyspepsia, biliary symptoms, right upper quadrant pain & renal tract symptoms. Evaluation of chronic abdominal pain requires a thorough understanding of the etiopathogenesis and epidemiologic spectrum. Abdominal ultrasound is useful to examine liver, gallbladder, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, IVC & aorta. It has many advantages like high-resolution imaging technique, good versatility, real-time imaging, wide availability, inexpensive, pain free, non –invasiveness, easy-to-use, extremely safe and absence of ionizing radiation. It helps in identifying cause of abdominal pain, kidney infections; diagnose tumors, ascites, renal & gallstones, abscesses and inflamed appendix. Its real-time imaging is useful for guiding minimally invasive procedures like needle biopsies, fluid aspiration and to analyse bowel motility and blood flow. However ultrasound is highly operator dependent. It cannot be used for imaging air-filled bowel or organs obscured by bowel. Recently modern Ultrasound probes are developed with dynamic frequencies, better depth-focusing technology, high-frequency, significantly better noise reduction & improved resolution which helps in better diagnosis.
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Rabindran . , Shasidaran .
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