Title: FASH exam (part 2)<br/>Author: Jon Mark Hirshon<br/><a href='http://umem.org/profiles/faculty/96/'>[Click to email author]</a><hr/><p> As noted in a previous post, the FASH exam is the Focused Assessment with Sonography for HIV/TB. Below are typical ultrasound images of a positive FASH exam.</p> <p> </p> <p style="margin-left:.25in;"> Peri-aortic lymph nodes- Multiple enlarged nodes, 97.1% specific for TB</p> <p style="margin-left:.25in;"> <img alt="" height="249" src="https://umem.org/files/uploads/content/peri-aortic%20lymph%20nodes.jpg" width="361" /></p> <p style="margin-left:.25in;"> </p> <p style="margin-left:.25in;"> Splenic lesions – multiple ‘punched out’ lesions</p> <p style="margin-left:.25in;"> <img alt="" height="202" src="https://umem.org/files/uploads/content/splenic%20lesions.jpg" width="368" /></p> <p style="margin-left:.25in;"> </p> <p style="margin-left:.25in;"> The effusions often have fibrous stranding</p> <p style="margin-left:.25in;"> <img alt="" height="295" src="https://umem.org/files/uploads/content/effusions.jpg" width="366" /></p> <p style="margin-left:.25in;"> </p> <p style="margin-left:.25in;"> Submitted by Dr. Laura Diegelmann</p>
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<ol> <li> Sinkala E, Gray S, Zulu I, et al. Clinical and ultrasonographic features of abdominal tuberculosis in HIV positive adults in Zambia. BMC Inf Dis. 2009, 9:44. doi:10.1186/1471-2334/9/44</li> </ol> </fieldset>