{"pk":714,"title":"Point-of-care Transperineal Ultrasound to Diagnose Abscess in the Emergency Department","subtitle":null,"abstract":"Perineal and rectal pain are common presentations in the emergency department (ED). In the majority of cases, clinical examination is sufficient to detect local anorectal pathologies. However, perianal and rectal abscesses and fistulas are often the primary concerns prompting diagnostic imaging in the ED. Currently, computed tomography is the preferred imaging modality. Recently, transperineal ultrasound has emerged as an optimal imaging modality for the diagnosis of perineal and perianal abscesses. We present a case in which point-of-care ultrasound accurately detected an intersphincteric abscess, and review the appropriate ultrasound technique to evaluate patients with suspected perianal and rectal abscesses.","language":"en","license":{"name":"Creative Commons Attribution 4.0","short_name":"CC BY 4.0","text":"Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.\r\n\r\nNo additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0"},"keywords":[],"section":"Case Reports","is_remote":true,"remote_url":"https://escholarship.org/uc/item/1kp9s5pf","frozenauthors":[{"first_name":"Hamid","middle_name":"","last_name":"Shokoohi","name_suffix":"","institution":"Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts; The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, District of Columbia","department":"None"},{"first_name":"Matthew","middle_name":"","last_name":"Pyle","name_suffix":"","institution":"The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, District of Columbia","department":"None"},{"first_name":"Sarah","middle_name":"E.","last_name":"Frasure","name_suffix":"","institution":"The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, District of Columbia","department":"None"},{"first_name":"Ubah","middle_name":"","last_name":"Dimbil","name_suffix":"","institution":"The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, District of Columbia","department":"None"},{"first_name":"Ali","middle_name":"","last_name":"Pourmand","name_suffix":"","institution":"The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, District of Columbia","department":"None"}],"date_submitted":"2019-09-18T14:24:21-04:00","date_accepted":"2019-09-18T14:24:21-04:00","date_published":"2019-09-18T14:25:38-04:00","render_galley":null,"galleys":[{"label":"","type":"","path":"https://journalpub.escholarship.org/uciem_cpcem/article/714/galley/470/download/"}]}