
Peri-aortic lymphoma seen on echocardiogram
Below are more echo images, mostly atypical views obtained from 4th – 5th intercostal space.
I am a board certified Nephrologist and specialist in clinical hypertension. I am a clinician educator interested in point of care ultrasonography (POCUS). I have designed and developed a successful point of care renal ultrasonography curriculum for Nephrology Fellows. This blog is primarily to gather all the POCUS images I posted on Twitter (@NephroP) and to share interesting stories and articles related to POCUS.
Below are more echo images, mostly atypical views obtained from 4th – 5th intercostal space.
There has been a lot of interest in venous congestion assessment (using POCUS) lately, thanks to the landmark paper by Beaubien-Souligny et al. and efforts of the FOAMed educators campaigning against […]
This is one of the commonest questions I get. First, as previously mentioned, the American College of Emergency Physicians policy statement on emergency ultrasound recommends that a trainee should perform […]
If you haven’t done yet, its time to vote for the best social media endeavors in nephrology. Want to know more? read this post. Vote here. Disclosure: NephroPOCUS.com is one […]
It is not uncommon to encounter patent paraumbilical veins when scanning a patient with liver cirrhosis. Usually noticed when you are imaging the portal vein as a part of venous […]
These images were obtained from a patient with no known co-morbidities, who presented with acute right flank pain. There was no history of fever, hematuria, or other symptoms suggestive of […]
In a recent twitter poll showing this parasternal long axis (PLAX) image, only 36% (N = 301) were able to identify the pulmonary vein. Even though the purpose of POCUS […]
A medical student is looking for inferior vena cava in a nephrology clinic patient and finds something ‘weird’ adjacent to the IVC. He/she calls the nephrology fellow for help. Here […]
We have previously talked about autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD). It is important to distinguish it from acquired cystic kidney disease (ACKD), seen in patients with chronic kidney disease. […]
These kidney ultrasound images were obtained from a patient with end-stage kidney disease likely secondary to diabetic nephropathy and hypertensive nephrosclerosis. The patient also had cirrhosis and you can see […]