Fig. 13From: Diagnostic point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) for gastrointestinal pathology: state of the art from basics to advancedA 30-year-old woman presented with a tender right iliac fossa mass of 4Â months duration. The mass was fixed and hard. POCUS (a) using a high-frequency linear probe showed matted thickened inflamed small bowel (arrowheads) and regional lymph nodes (yellow arrow). Abdominal CT scan with intravenous contrast (b) confirmed the presence of the thickened bowel (arrowheads) and the enlarged lymph nodes (yellow arrow). There was an ileo-psoas abscess (white arrow). Biopsies through a colonoscopy and an interferon test were non-conclusive. The patient was started on anti-tuberculous treatment as a therapeutic diagnosisBack to article page