Mirror-image artifact mimicking epidural hematoma: Usefulness of power Doppler sonography

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 437-439

  Cakmakci, Handan ^a,b   Gulcu, Aytac ^a   Zenger, M Noyan ^a  

^a DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Artifact; Cephalhematoma; Cranial ultrasonography; Mirror image; Power Doppler ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

APNEA; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CASE REPORT; CEPHAL HEMATOMA; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; EPIDURAL HEMATOMA; GRAY SCALE ECHOGRAPHY; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; MALE; NEWBORN;

ARTIFACTS; BIRTH INJURIES; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HEMATOMA; HEMATOMA, EPIDURAL, CRANIAL; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; OBSTETRICAL FORCEPS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 0141508003     PISSN: 00912751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcu.10194     Document Type: Article

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