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Point-of-Care-Ultraschall: Lehren und Lernen in Ifakara, Tansania

Published Online:https://doi.org/10.1024/1661-8157/a003118

Zusammenfassung. Vorgestellt werden zwei Praxisfälle aus dem Point-of-Care-Ultraschallkurs in Ifakara, Tansania. Der erste Fall zeigt die sonografischen Befunde einer disseminierten Tuberkulose mit Befunden in der Lunge, im Herz, in den abdominalen Lymphknoten und der Milz. Im zweiten Fall Nachweis einer enterobiliären Fistel durch die sonografische Live-Darstellung von Luft, die vom Darm in die Gallenblase übertritt und eine nicht-iatrogene Aerobilie verursacht.


Point-of-Care Ultrasound: Teaching and Learning in Ifakara, Tanzania

Abstract. Presentation of two practical cases from the point-of-care ultrasound class in Ifakara, Tanzania. The first case shows the sonographic findings of tuberculosis with findings in the lungs, heart, abdominal lymph nodes and spleen. In the second case, detection of an enterobiliary fistula by sonographic live imaging of air passing from the intestine into the gall bladder and causing non-iatrogenic pneumobilia.

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