A case of EBV Acute Hepatitis in adulthood.

There are no significant changes in liver echo-texture in acute viral hepatitis.
However, enlarged perihepatic lymph nodes are a fairly constant feature.

@hepocus @Pocus101 @pocusmeded @thepocusatlas @NephroP @drmarcogarrone
Doppler techniques can be used to
reveal an unspecific hyperdynamic state in hepatic vessels with a higher diastolic arterial
blood flow when compared with healthy individuals.
Owing to oedema and narrowing of the hepatic veins, the flow pattern is often
non-triphasic
Gallbladder wall thickening is a short-life sonographic phenomenon of early phase acute hepatitis in approximately 50% of patients. This must not be confused with
acute cholecystitis where there is no circumscribed pain under ultrasound visualized
palpation.

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Point-of-Care Ultrasound Applications in the Outpatient Clinic: A rapid diagnosis of Congestive hepatopathy in an ederly man, applying VExUS at the bedside.
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