Rapid water infusion: a technique in the ultrasonic discrimination of the gas-free stomach from a mass in the pancreatic tail.
A technique of rapid water infusion into the stomach is described as an ultrasonic method to differentiate the gas-free stomach presenting as a solid mass from a mass in the tail of the pancreas. The infusion permits delineation of the tail of the pancreas as a discrete structure.
D000388:Air; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007263:Infusions, Parenteral; D008722:Methods; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014867:Water
D014867:Water