Ultrasound demonstration of pericardial empyema in an infant with pyrexia of undetermined origin
| Autor: | R. J. Arthur, B. M. Carey, C. E. Williams |
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| Rok vydání: | 1988 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Abdominal ultrasound complex mixtures Fever of Unknown Origin Sepsis medicine Pericardium Humans Pericarditis Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Empyema Neuroradiology Ultrasonography business.industry Ultrasound Infant bacterial infections and mycoses medicine.disease Prognosis Occult Surgery medicine.anatomical_structure Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health business |
| Zdroj: | Pediatric radiology. 18(4) |
| ISSN: | 0301-0449 |
| Popis: | An infant with pyrexia of unknown origin presented to the Paediatric Unit. The initial infection screen was unhelpful and he was, therefore, referred for abdominal ultrasound to look for occult sepsis. During epigastric scanning, a large loculated fluid collection was demonstrated in the pericardium. A pericardial empyema should not be forgotten as a possible source of infection in the infant with undetermined pyrexia. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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