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[Ultrasonic diagnosis of abdominal diseases (author's transl)]. 1979

M Dvorák, and R Ronský

Ultrasonic examination is a modern method used to visualize intraabdominalorgans and pathological processes affecting their organisation. This method of examination is safe and gentle as regards the patient and suitable for estimation of extraluminar pathological conditions. The report concerns experiences gained with abdominal ultrasonography effected with Echoview VI Picker (Transducer 2,25 MHz, diameter 13 mm) at the department of internal medicine of the University Policlinic in Prague in 1975--1977. There was a total of 400 examinations of the abdominal cavity effected in 358 subjects. The principal indications for examination included a clinical finding or suspicion of a disease affecting the pancreas (180X), liver (79X), spleen (30X), gall-bladder (24X), kidney (21X), or undefined palpation findings in the abdomen (74X). In 41,75% of cases sonography confirmed the abdominal finding, in 44,75% of cases the finding was not confirmed, in 13,5% of cases the finding could not be estimated dependably. As the frequency of positive findings achieved by ultrasonic examination in pancreatic pseudocysts is high, we effect sonography in the instance of suspection of this affection prior to the planned endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreaticography as orientation examination.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007674	Kidney Diseases	Pathological processes of the KIDNEY or its component tissues.	Disease, Kidney,Diseases, Kidney,Kidney Disease
D008107	Liver Diseases	Pathological processes of the LIVER.	Liver Dysfunction,Disease, Liver,Diseases, Liver,Dysfunction, Liver,Dysfunctions, Liver,Liver Disease,Liver Dysfunctions
D009362	Neoplasm Metastasis	The transfer of a neoplasm from one organ or part of the body to another remote from the primary site.	Metastase,Metastasis,Metastases, Neoplasm,Metastasis, Neoplasm,Neoplasm Metastases,Metastases
D010182	Pancreatic Diseases	Pathological processes of the PANCREAS.	Disease, Pancreatic,Diseases, Pancreatic,Pancreatic Disease
D005705	Gallbladder Diseases	Diseases of the GALLBLADDER. They generally involve the impairment of BILE flow, GALLSTONES in the BILIARY TRACT, infections, neoplasms, or other diseases.	Gall Bladder Diseases,Bladder Disease, Gall,Bladder Diseases, Gall,Disease, Gall Bladder,Disease, Gallbladder,Diseases, Gall Bladder,Diseases, Gallbladder,Gall Bladder Disease,Gallbladder Disease
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000005	Abdomen	That portion of the body that lies between the THORAX and the PELVIS.	Abdomens
D000008	Abdominal Neoplasms	New abnormal growth of tissue in the ABDOMEN.	Abdominal Neoplasm,Neoplasm, Abdominal,Neoplasms, Abdominal
D014463	Ultrasonography	The visualization of deep structures of the body by recording the reflections or echoes of ultrasonic pulses directed into the tissues. Use of ultrasound for imaging or diagnostic purposes employs frequencies ranging from 1.6 to 10 megahertz.	Echography,Echotomography,Echotomography, Computer,Sonography, Medical,Tomography, Ultrasonic,Ultrasonic Diagnosis,Ultrasonic Imaging,Ultrasonographic Imaging,Computer Echotomography,Diagnosis, Ultrasonic,Diagnostic Ultrasound,Ultrasonic Tomography,Ultrasound Imaging,Diagnoses, Ultrasonic,Diagnostic Ultrasounds,Imaging, Ultrasonic,Imaging, Ultrasonographic,Imaging, Ultrasound,Imagings, Ultrasonographic,Imagings, Ultrasound,Medical Sonography,Ultrasonic Diagnoses,Ultrasonographic Imagings,Ultrasound, Diagnostic,Ultrasounds, Diagnostic
D014465	Ultrasonics	A subfield of acoustics dealing in the radio frequency range higher than acoustic SOUND waves (approximately above 20 kilohertz). Ultrasonic radiation is used therapeutically (DIATHERMY and ULTRASONIC THERAPY) to generate HEAT and to selectively destroy tissues. It is also used in diagnostics, for example, ULTRASONOGRAPHY; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; and ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, to visually display echoes received from irradiated tissues.	Ultrasonic