Point-of-care ultrasound-assisted diagnosis of gastric vessel rupture in a young man presenting with chest pain: A cautionary tale

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Yasuda, K
Snelling, PJ
Ng, J
Manley, R
Watkins, S
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2023
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We report a young male patient who presented with chest and shoulder tip pain with spontaneous intraperitoneal haemorrhage (haemoperitoneum) due to gastric vessel rupture. Point-of-care ultrasound detected abdominal free fluid, which led to a CT scan of the abdomen and reached the diagnosis. Intra-abdominal bleeding can present as referred chest or shoulder tip pain, as more commonly seen in females with pelvic pathologies. Point-of-care ultrasound may add diagnostic value with the detection of a haemoperitoneum in this context.

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Australasian Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

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26

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2

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Clinical sciences

abdominal apoplexy/intra‐abdominal haemorrhage

gastric vessel rupture

haemoperitoneum

point‐of‐care ultrasound (POCUS)

referred pain

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Yasuda, K; Snelling, PJ; Ng, J; Manley, R; Watkins, S, Point-of-care ultrasound-assisted diagnosis of gastric vessel rupture in a young man presenting with chest pain: A cautionary tale, Australasian Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine, 2023, 26 (2), pp. 115-117

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