{"title":"Use of bedside ultrasound in identification of a slowly enlarging abdominal mass as a consequence of late femorofemoral crossover bypass detachment","authors":"G. Cozzi, H. Kurihara","doi":"10.13172/2052-0077-2-8-738","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"At bedside ultrasound, the mass resulted to have fluid content, with an active flow, confirmed by colour Doppler. A contrast-enhanced computed tomography scan was performed, showing a large pelvic haematoma with the femorofemoral graft within. The patient was urgently brought to the operatory room. The hematoma was evacuated, and a new bypass graft was placed. Conclusion Bedside ultrasound made it possible to recognize the fluid nature of a large slowly growing abdominal mass that resulted to be the consequence of the detachment of the distal end of a Femorofemoral crossover bypass, and thus to address and speed up diagnostic workout and treatment.","PeriodicalId":19393,"journal":{"name":"OA Case Reports","volume":"6 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2013-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"OA Case Reports","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.13172/2052-0077-2-8-738","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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At bedside ultrasound, the mass resulted to have fluid content, with an active flow, confirmed by colour Doppler. A contrast-enhanced computed tomography scan was performed, showing a large pelvic haematoma with the femorofemoral graft within. The patient was urgently brought to the operatory room. The hematoma was evacuated, and a new bypass graft was placed. Conclusion Bedside ultrasound made it possible to recognize the fluid nature of a large slowly growing abdominal mass that resulted to be the consequence of the detachment of the distal end of a Femorofemoral crossover bypass, and thus to address and speed up diagnostic workout and treatment.