Frasure SE, Lange JJ, AlSamman M, Pourmand A. Adult Female With Abdominal Distention.
Cureus 2021;
13:e13829. [PMID:
33859891 PMCID:
PMC8038916 DOI:
10.7759/cureus.13829]
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Abstract
Gastric outlet obstruction (GOO) is a rare diagnosis that can be challenging to make as its symptoms, which include abdominal distention, nausea, and persistent vomiting, often overlap with many other acute abdominal pathologies. Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) can help the clinician identify gastric outlet obstruction in patients who present to the emergency department (ED). Sonographic identifiers include a markedly dilated stomach that is filled with both hyper- and hypoechoic contents and may extend into the lower abdomen in the pelvic views.
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