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Focused assessment with sonography for HIV/TB

 
Chapter 4: Effusions

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4.1. Normal heart
4.2. Normal pleura (‘curtain')
4.3. Normal pouch of Morison
4.4. Normal spleno-renal pouch
4.5. Normal pouch of Douglas (female)
4.6. Normal pouch of Douglas (male)
4.7. Tuberculous pericardial effusion
4.8. Tuberculous pleural effusion
4.9. Ascites on the right side
4.10. Ascites on the left side
4.11. Ascites in the pouch of Douglas
Chapter 5: Lymph nodes


4.9. Ascites on the right side: Below (on the right side of) the liver, anechoic fluid is visible in the pouch of Morison. This could initially be confused with the gallbladder, but after a few seconds the gallbladder appears. The gallbladder has a clearly visible wall (thus it is “contained fluid” not free fluid).
 

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