Ultrasound for knee effusion: lipohaemarthrosis and tibial plateau fracture

Knee trauma and effusion are common Emergency Department presentations. This article outlines the clinician's sonographic approach to knee effusion detection and localisation. A case where lipohaemarthrosis was detected with ultrasound is demonstrated, and the characteristic appearance of this...

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Autor principal: Rippey, James
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2015
Materias:
Case Study
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5024930/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28191232
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/j.2205-0140.2014.tb00239.x
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Sumario:Knee trauma and effusion are common Emergency Department presentations. This article outlines the clinician's sonographic approach to knee effusion detection and localisation. A case where lipohaemarthrosis was detected with ultrasound is demonstrated, and the characteristic appearance of this pathology discussed. The sonographic detection of the associated tibial fracture is also demonstrated.

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