Bedside ultrasound to detect bone flap infections: A case image
Diogo Faustino1, Luís Reis de Almeida1, António Trigo1
1Unidade Funcional Medicina 1 - São José Hospital, Central Lisbon University Hospital Center, Portugal.
Journal of Clinical Ultrasound : JCU
|December 21, 2022
Abstract:
Ultrasound showing an anechoic collection with interspersed echogenic foci (blue arrows - gas bubbles) proximal to the hyperechoic bone flap (red asterisk; post-decompressive craniectomy). Serratia marcescens was isolated from the collected fluid. Bedside ultrasound can be a reliable and effective tool to aid in the diagnosis of bone flap infections.


