Ultrasonographic evaluation of an unusual peri-anal induration: a possible case of deep tissue injury.
High-resolution ultrasound produces good quality echo images of skin and subcutaneous lesions. Here, it was used to characterise an atypical induration, which the authors speculate might have been a deep tissue injury.
Nagase
T
T
Division of Advanced Medical Research, Clinical Research Centre, National Hospital Organisation Murayama Medical Centre, Tokyo, Japan. nagase-t@murayama-crc.jp
Koshima
I
I
Maekawa
T
T
Kaneko
J
J
Sugawara
Y
Y
Makuuchi
M
M
Koyanagi
H
H
Nakagami
G
G
Sanada
H
H
D000328:Adult; D001513:Beds; D002081:Buttocks; D015984:Causality; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D042241:Early Diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D017114:Liver Failure, Acute / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D016031:Liver Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects; D008297:Male; D009765:Obesity / Q000150:complications; D003668:Pressure Ulcer / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D017695:Soft Tissue Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D016683:Supine Position; D013997:Time Factors; D014463:Ultrasonography