Fluid rim sign: a new ultrasonographic sign of soft tissue aspergillosis

AKPINAR, ERHAN; AYYILDIZ, VEYSEL; Petekkaya, Ibrahim; ERBİL, BÜLENT; Dogra, Vikram

doi:10.4261/1305-3825.dir.6384-12.1

Fluid rim sign: a new ultrasonographic sign of soft tissue aspergillosis

AKPINAR E., AYYILDIZ V. A., Petekkaya I., ERBİL B., Dogra V.

DIAGNOSTIC AND INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY, cilt.19, sa.3, ss.237-239, 2013 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)

Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
Cilt numarası: 19 Sayı: 3
Basım Tarihi: 2013
Doi Numarası: 10.4261/1305-3825.dir.6384-12.1
Dergi Adı: DIAGNOSTIC AND INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY
Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
Sayfa Sayıları: ss.237-239
Hacettepe Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

The air crescent sign is a well-known important diagnostic finding in invasive pulmonary aspergillosis. Herein we report a distinctive but rare ultrasonographic appearance in a patient with myositis secondary to Aspergillus flavus infection, which can be considered as the soft tissue counterpart of the air crescent sign.