This Article  • References  • Full text PDF  • Send to a friend  • Save in My Folder  • Save to citation manager  • Permissions  Citing Articles  • Citing articles on HighWire  • Citing articles on Web of Science (4)  • Contact me when this article is cited  Related Content  • Similar articles in this journal  Social Bookmarking   What's this?

John L. Thomas, MD; Jerome J. Cunningham, MD

Arch Surg. 1978;113(5):589-590.

Abstract
• Most cases of ventral hernias are easily diagnosed by palpation, but palpation is a subjective examination that may be difficult or even misleading, especially in obese patients. In cases of diagnostic uncertainty, ultrasonic examinations offer an objective means of distinguishing between a mass in the abdominal wall and one actually deep to the peritoneum. In addition, if such a mass is detected, these studies provide information that can characterize its physical nature.

(Arch Surg 113:589-590, 1978)

Author Affiliations
From the Department of Radiology, Bowman Gray School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC.

Footnotes
Accepted for publication Nov 22, 1977.

Reprint requests to Department of Radiology, Bowman Gray School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC 27103 (Dr Thomas).

CiteULike    Connotea    Del.icio.us    Digg    Reddit    Technorati    Twitter     What's this?

THIS ARTICLE HAS BEEN CITED BY OTHER ARTICLES

Sonography in identification of abdominal wall lesions presenting as palpable masses.
Gokhale
J Ultrasound Med 2006;25:1199-1209.
ABSTRACT | FULL TEXT