Ultrasound Case Review #10 10-2011 (Don’t Cut That)

This month Mike Blaivas and Srikar Adhikari published a case series in JUM on soft tissue ultrasound of abscess where there were unexpected findings (Unexpected Findings on Point-of-Care Superficial Ultrasound Imaging Before Incision and Drainage JUM Oct 2011;30:1425-1430).

This Case Review goes through some video clips of similar cases and the “streaming” effect you can see with an abscess.

Click on the Image to play the video.




About Jason Nomura

Jason T. Nomura MD RDMS FACP FAAEM is a Board Certified Physician in Emergency Medicine and Internal Medicine who specializes in Point of Care Ultrasound. He is the author of this blog, see "About Author".
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