title: [A classical but unknown cause of peritoneal effusion disclosed by echography. Typhoid fever].
abstract: Two cases of peritoneal effusion discovered by sonography in patients with typhoid fever are reported. These peritoneal effusions have no pejorative value; only clinical findings can differentiate these simple effusions from a perforative thyphoid peritonitis, which is exceptional nowadays. Typhoid fever, among other febrile diseases should be considered when ultrasounds shows an isolated peritoneal effusion.
authors.affiliation: Service de Radiologie, Hôpital A.-Paré, Boulogne.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Judet
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Rouveix
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Verderi
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Bismuth
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001202:Ascitic Fluid / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D014435:Typhoid Fever / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D014463:Ultrasonography
vernacular_title: Une cause classique mais peu connue d'épanchement péritonéal de découverte échographique. La fièvre typhoïde.