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Case Reports
. 2022 Apr 1;38(4):183-186.
doi: 10.1097/PEC.0000000000002555.

Point-of-Care Ultrasound Identification of Portal Vein Thrombosis in a Pediatric Patient

Yoon Nee Ong  1 , Vigil James  2 , Kiew Siong Lau, Yek Kee Chor  3 , Gene Yong-Kwang Ong  2
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Case Reports

Point-of-Care Ultrasound Identification of Portal Vein Thrombosis in a Pediatric Patient

Yoon Nee Ong et al. Pediatr Emerg Care. .

Abstract

Abdominal pain is one of the most common presenting complaints encountered in the pediatric emergency department. The use of point-of-care ultrasonography by emergency physicians has been shown to expedite the diagnosis of a large variety of conditions and can be used to accurately identify intra-abdominal pathology in children. We describe the case of a pediatric patient who presented to the pediatric emergency department with acute abdominal pain, in whom point-of-care ultrasonography helped expedite the diagnosis of acute portal vein thrombosis and liver abscess.

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Disclosure: The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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