False Positives Bladder Scan in Anuric Patient with Ascites: A Case Report
*Corresponding Author: A Alamassi, Department of General Surgery, Airedale General Hospital, Keighley, West Yorkshire, BD20 6TD, England
Citation: A Alamassi, S Ali, M Saleh, and R Rampal (2020) False Positives Bladder Scan in Anuric Patient with Ascites: A Case Report. J Med Imp Surg 5: 151
Copyright: © 2020 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Abstract
Urinary retention is one of the common presentations that we often encounter in the Emergency Department. Diagnosis is based on history, clinical examination and bladder scan findings. Sometimes the clinical examination is unreliable, especially in patients with high BMI, ascites or anasarca. This makes the diagnosis uncertain and the bladder scan readings should be interpreted with caution. Thus, radiological imaging might be required before planning further intervention.
