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Creighton, Francis X, BSc; Leeds, Ira L, BA; Master, Viraj A, MD; Srinivasan, Jahnavi K, MD
The Lancet (British edition), 06/2011, Letnik: 377, Številka: 9782Journal Article
In May, 2010, a 37-year-old woman, displaced from Port-au-Prince after the January earthquake, presented to Hôpital St Thérèse in Hinche, Haiti, with a 2-year history of a slowly growing abdominal mass with associated dyspepsia, intermittent abdominal pain, anorexia, and weight loss. Diagnostic ultrasonography is a recognised, costeff ective aid for procedure-based care in under-resourced areas of the world.1,2 However, access to ultrasonography in these settings is limited.3,4 While we were in Haiti, ultrasonography also aided in the evaluation of soft-tissue masses, peritoneal disease, and uterine pathology.
