Ultrasound Diagnosis of Digestive Diseases

1 General Principles.- 1 Principles of Ultrasonography and Types of Ultrasound Imaging.- 2 Types of Tissue Echo Pattern and Artifacts.- 3 Examination Methods and Positioning.- 4 An Anatomic Guide in Examination of the Upper Abdomen: Echoangiography.- 2 The Liver.- 5 Examination Techniques.- 6 Sonoanatomy of the Liver.- 7 Hepatomegaly and Diffuse Liver Diseases.- 8 Metastases.- 9 Primary Tumors of the Liver.- 10 Cirrhosis and Portal Hypertension.- 11 Abscesses, Cysts, and Parasitoses.- 12 Differential Diagnosis.- 13 The Postoperative Liver.- 14 Juxtahepatic Liquid Collections, Peritoneum, and Ascites.- 3 The Bile Ducts.- 15 The Bile Ducts: Examination Techniques and Sonoanatomy.- 16 Biliary Lithiasis and Cholecystitis.- 17 Rare Abnormalities of the Bile Ducts, Congenital Anomalies, and Tumors.- 4 The Pancreas and Retroperitoneal Space.- 18 Examination of the Pancreas: Techniques.- 19 Sonoanatomy of the Pancreas.- 20 Acute Pancreatitis.- 21 Fluid Collections of Pancreatic Origin and Pseudocysts.- 22 Chronic Pancreatitis.- 23 Pancreatic Tumors.- 24 Pancreatic Disease: Overview, Differential Diagnosis, and Diagnostic Strategy.- 25 Humps, Lumps, and Sumps: Differential Diagnosis of Pancreatic Diseases.- 26 Jaundice.- 5 The Spleen, the Acute Abdomen, and Emergencies.- 27 The Spleen: Examination Techniques and Sonoanatomy.- 28 The Pathologic Spleen.- 29 The Acute Abdomen-Abscesses, Hematomas, and Postoperative Collections.- 6 Conclusion.- 30 Some Practical Advice, or. How to Do Better than We Did.