RAI Amsterdam
Europaplein
1078 GZ Amsterdam
The Netherlands
18:30 - 20:00
The sonography course on ‘acute medicine’ in hepatology is intended for physicians with an interest in acute medicine, and in particular, acute hepatology. At least some experience in ultrasound is preferable. During the course, different cases of ‘acute hepatology’ will be demonstrated with a sonography-simulator. All cases represent real-life cases of patients who presented at the emergency department. Most important diagnoses in acute or emergency hepatology are, acute cholecystitis, cholangitis due to choledocholithiasis, severe acute hepatitis, and thrombosis of liver vessels like Budd Chiari syndrome. Pathology outside the liver will also be shown, e.g. splenic rupture.
Learning objectives:
- to become familiar with the most important ultrasound signs or diagnoses in patients presenting at the emergency department
- to be able to recognize inflammatory changes of the gallbladder, detect stones in the gallbladder and in the biliary tree, recognize dilated bile ducts, and to detect thrombosis of liver vasculature
- in addition, familiarize with some acute pathology outside the liver, such as splenic rupture.
Red bars show acquired areas of patient. Red arrows equate to intercostal fan volumes.
Cases were acquired for example with convex, linear probe, in color doppler modus and maybe at several dates. You can open details and browse image list of regions of interest (ROIs), which are supported by simulator as you can be led automatically to these structures (bubble in space).
| name | location | keywords | technology | probe | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patient 2 |  | Hydatid cyst WHO CE3a | convex | Details | |
| Patient 28 |  | Liver metastases, Neuroendocrine tumors NET (unclear origin) | convex | Details | |
| Patient 53 |  | Caval thrombus, renal cell carcinoma RCC (left), liver metastases | convex | Details | |
| Patient 65 |  | Aneurysm and septic thrombosis of portal and splenic vein | convex | Details | |
| Patient 91 |  | Severe steatohepatitis, Asc.-Decompensation, HCC | convex | Details | |
| Patient 92 |  | Acute cholecystitis with lithiasis, detritus, fatty liver | convex | Details | |
| Patient 96 |  | LTX, CBD with stone sludge, ITBL, thrombus in hepatic artery stump | convex | Details | |
| Patient 101 |  | Peritoneal carcinosis by liposarcoma | convex | Details | |
| Patient 143 |  | Budd-Chiari and Cruveilhier-Baumgarten syndromes, Ascites (color) | convex, color | Details | |
| Patient 148 |  | Liver metastasis, cholecystolithiasis, chronic cholecystitis, melanoma | convex | Details | |
| Patient 149 |  | Portal vein thrombosis, TIPS, hypertrophic additional spleen | convex | Details | |
| Patient 150 |  | Liver tumors, CBD stenosis, enlarged lymph nodes | convex | Details |