Displaced lateral surface of the liver (Hellmer's sign) secondary to an extraperitoneal fluid collection
| Autor: | J P Whalen, D Wixson, Elias Kazam |
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| Rok vydání: | 1976 |
| Předmět: |
Flank
medicine.medical_specialty Lateral surface business.industry Radiography Ascites General Medicine Anatomy Liver Pathognomonic medicine Ascitic Fluid Humans Female Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging In patient Radiology medicine.symptom Differential diagnosis business Aged Sign (mathematics) |
| Zdroj: | American Journal of Roentgenology. 127:679-682 |
| ISSN: | 1546-3141 0361-803X |
| DOI: | 10.2214/ajr.127.4.679 |
| Popis: | In 1942, Bellmer (1) first described visualization of a medially displaced lateral liver edge on abdominal radiographs in patients with ascites. In Hellmer's original article and all cases subsequently reported, this appearance was described as being pathognomonic of intraperitoneal fluid. This paper reports the occurrence of Hellmer's sign in a patient with a large extraperitoneal fluid collection extending into the flank. Thus the differential diagnosis associated with a medially displaced lateral liver edge includes pathologic processes in both the intra- and extraperitoneal spaces. |
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