Week ending11-30-11

Saw an interesting scrotal ultrasound this week.  had three epididymal cysts in the right teste.  One looked kind of grungy. There was bilateral hydroceles too.  Ready for the winter break!

Week ending11-23-11

Short week. Happy turkey day.  saw a guy with a grossly cirrhotic liver this morning. he also had splenomegaly and a sick gall bladder.  had masses or very echogenic sludge, not stones.  also a thickened wall 3.6mm at the smallest.  with pericholecystic fluid.

Week ending 11-18-11

I comped out on my Carotid exam as well as the venous legs in the lab this week.   I am glad to get those out of the way.  That allows me to pass for the semester. now I need to work on the other exams to get an A.  Here is an incidental thyroid that I saw while doing a carotid exam.  slightly increased flow.

Week ending nov 11

Scanned a homeless person this week that stunk so bad i had to wear a facial mask and chew gum. When I was done the transducer was black from all of the dirt on his stomach and the gel.  in the end he did appreciate the work that I did, even though I didn't find anything.  Also came across a cyst on a left kidney that was 11cm, the kidney itself was 12.  Almost another there.  for sure provided mass effect. he didn't complain of any though.

Week ending nov 4

Hard to concentrate on school and everything with the holidays here.  Lots of stuff to do with the families.  I did find an abscess in a gall bladder fossa that had a recent cholecystectomy.  It had internal echoes and it will likely be drained.  makes me feel good that I had a part in this.  even though another would have found it. it was pretty obvious.