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- Title
Usefulness of ultrasonography in children with suspected dengue hemorrhagic fever: a literature review.
- Authors
de Oliveira, Ricardo Villar Barbosa; Rios, Lívia Teresa Moreira; Branco, Maria dos Remédios Freitas Carvalho; Júnior, Leônidas Lopes Braga; Nascimento, Janílson Moucherek Soares; Silva, Gilnara Fontinelle; Bandeira, Kemuel Pinto
- Abstract
Dengue virus infection is endemic in tropical and subtropical areas. Symptomatic dengue infection is classified into dengue fever or dengue hemorrhagic fever with a tendency to develop shock syndrome. Dengue hemorrhagic fever is characterized by hemorrhagic manifestations, thrombocytopenia and increased capillary permeability. Dengue shock syndrome presents findings of dengue hemorrhagic fever with hypotension. Many sonographic findings have been described, including pleural effusion, ascites, gallbladder wall thickening and pericardial effusion. The aim of the present review is to describe sonographic findings and to demonstrate the role of ultrasonography in the assessment of children with suspected dengue hemorrhagic fever.
- Subjects
DENGUE hemorrhagic fever; ULTRASONIC imaging; SHOCK (Pathology); THROMBOCYTOPENIA; ASCITES; GALLBLADDER
- Publication
Radiologia Brasileira, 2010, Vol 43, Issue 6, p401
- ISSN
0100-3984
- Publication type
Article