Effervescence sign – a new sonographic sign of gastric outlet obstruction: A case report and literature review of superior mesenteric artery syndrome
Increased awareness of the capabilities of using point-of-care ultrasound scan in the emergency department and our newly identified 'effervescence sign' will enable timely and low-cost diagnoses, while closing current literature gap and establishing point-of-care ultrasound scan as a feasible diagnostic tool for gastric outlet obstruction secondary to superior mesenteric artery syndrome.
Authors
- Salman Bin Naeem (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0153-1669)
- Serena Rovida (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4017-5078)
- Jan Drmota (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5173-5395)
- Samia Ahmad (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8474-7165)
- Nadia Jamil (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3130-3755)
- Zoe Ng
Institutions
- Box Hill Hospital (AU)
- William Harvey Hospital (GB)
- Toronto General Hospital (CA)
- East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
- Flinders Medical Centre (AU)
- University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Ultrasound
- Published
- 2025-09-18
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1177/1742271x251372451
- Primary Topic
- Vascular anomalies and interventions
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00