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The Flashlight-Sign: A Novel B-Flow Based Ultrasound Finding for Detection of Intraluminal, Wall-Adherent, Floating Structures of the Abdominal Aorta and Peripheral Arteries

This study aimed to evaluate the potential diagnostic value of a novel, sonographic, B-Flow (BFl)-based sign (“flashlight sign”, FLS) for the detection of wall-adherent, floating arterial structures (WAFAS). The FLS, characterized by a fast moving, very bright, intraluminal signal, was detected in 2...

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Autores principales: Lottspeich, Christian, Puhr-Westerheide, Daniel, Stana, Jan, Hoffmann, Ulrich, Czihal, Michael
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Publicado: MDPI 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9319488/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35885611
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics12071708
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author Lottspeich, Christian
Puhr-Westerheide, Daniel
Stana, Jan
Hoffmann, Ulrich
Czihal, Michael
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Puhr-Westerheide, Daniel
Stana, Jan
Hoffmann, Ulrich
Czihal, Michael
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description This study aimed to evaluate the potential diagnostic value of a novel, sonographic, B-Flow (BFl)-based sign (“flashlight sign”, FLS) for the detection of wall-adherent, floating arterial structures (WAFAS). The FLS, characterized by a fast moving, very bright, intraluminal signal, was detected in 28 patients with WAFAS. We divided this cohort into three subgroups according to the affected vascular segments: (1) peripheral arteries (n = 10); (2) native abdominal aorta (n = 8); and (3) abdominal aorta after endovascular aortic repair (EVAR; n = 10). Clinical characteristics were analyzed and BFl-findings were compared with contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) and computed tomography angiography (CTA). Seven patients (25%) suffered from arterial embolism downstream to the FLS (EVAR, n = 4; native abdominal aorta, n = 1; peripheral arteries, n = 2). WAFAS of the abdominal aorta (native or after EVAR), as indicated by the FLS, were visible by CEUS and CTA in 60% and 93.3%, respectively. Based on the largest cohort (to this point) of patients with WAFAS, we propose a clinically useful, BFl-based sonographic sign for the detection of these underrated arterial pathologies in the abdominal aorta and the peripheral arteries.
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spelling pubmed-93194882022-07-27 The Flashlight-Sign: A Novel B-Flow Based Ultrasound Finding for Detection of Intraluminal, Wall-Adherent, Floating Structures of the Abdominal Aorta and Peripheral Arteries Lottspeich, Christian Puhr-Westerheide, Daniel Stana, Jan Hoffmann, Ulrich Czihal, Michael Diagnostics (Basel) Article This study aimed to evaluate the potential diagnostic value of a novel, sonographic, B-Flow (BFl)-based sign (“flashlight sign”, FLS) for the detection of wall-adherent, floating arterial structures (WAFAS). The FLS, characterized by a fast moving, very bright, intraluminal signal, was detected in 28 patients with WAFAS. We divided this cohort into three subgroups according to the affected vascular segments: (1) peripheral arteries (n = 10); (2) native abdominal aorta (n = 8); and (3) abdominal aorta after endovascular aortic repair (EVAR; n = 10). Clinical characteristics were analyzed and BFl-findings were compared with contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) and computed tomography angiography (CTA). Seven patients (25%) suffered from arterial embolism downstream to the FLS (EVAR, n = 4; native abdominal aorta, n = 1; peripheral arteries, n = 2). WAFAS of the abdominal aorta (native or after EVAR), as indicated by the FLS, were visible by CEUS and CTA in 60% and 93.3%, respectively. Based on the largest cohort (to this point) of patients with WAFAS, we propose a clinically useful, BFl-based sonographic sign for the detection of these underrated arterial pathologies in the abdominal aorta and the peripheral arteries. MDPI 2022-07-13 /pmc/articles/PMC9319488/ /pubmed/35885611 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics12071708 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Lottspeich, Christian
Puhr-Westerheide, Daniel
Stana, Jan
Hoffmann, Ulrich
Czihal, Michael
The Flashlight-Sign: A Novel B-Flow Based Ultrasound Finding for Detection of Intraluminal, Wall-Adherent, Floating Structures of the Abdominal Aorta and Peripheral Arteries
title The Flashlight-Sign: A Novel B-Flow Based Ultrasound Finding for Detection of Intraluminal, Wall-Adherent, Floating Structures of the Abdominal Aorta and Peripheral Arteries
title_full The Flashlight-Sign: A Novel B-Flow Based Ultrasound Finding for Detection of Intraluminal, Wall-Adherent, Floating Structures of the Abdominal Aorta and Peripheral Arteries
title_fullStr The Flashlight-Sign: A Novel B-Flow Based Ultrasound Finding for Detection of Intraluminal, Wall-Adherent, Floating Structures of the Abdominal Aorta and Peripheral Arteries
title_full_unstemmed The Flashlight-Sign: A Novel B-Flow Based Ultrasound Finding for Detection of Intraluminal, Wall-Adherent, Floating Structures of the Abdominal Aorta and Peripheral Arteries
title_short The Flashlight-Sign: A Novel B-Flow Based Ultrasound Finding for Detection of Intraluminal, Wall-Adherent, Floating Structures of the Abdominal Aorta and Peripheral Arteries
title_sort flashlight-sign: a novel b-flow based ultrasound finding for detection of intraluminal, wall-adherent, floating structures of the abdominal aorta and peripheral arteries
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9319488/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35885611
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics12071708
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