title: Ultrasonography of the retrocrural region: normal and pathological findings.
abstract: This pictorial essay illustrates normal and pathological findings in the region posterior to the diaphragmatic crura as demonstrated on ultrasound scans. Familiarity with the spectrum of normal and abnormal findings in this region will increase the diagnostic power of ultrasound scans of the upper abdomen.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, UMDNJ-University Hospital, Newark, NJ 07103-2406, USA. wachsbrh@umdnj.edu
authors.forename: Ronald H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Wachsberg
mesh_terms: D000005:Abdomen / Q000098:blood supply / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D016477:Artifacts; D003964:Diaphragm / Q000098:blood supply / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D014463:Ultrasonography / Q000379:methods*