Mohamed El Fortia

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• Article: Subcutaneous extension of a large psoas muscle Echinococcus cyst

  M. El Fortia, M. Bendaoud, A. Yhia
  European Radiology 03/2000; 10(5):870-870. · 3.22 Impact Factor
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  Article: Misurata stones.

  Mohamed El Fortia
  Journal of Postgraduate Medicine 52(4):306-7. · 1.26 Impact Factor
• Article: Title page - footprint: ultrasound image of an obstruction of the pelviureteric junction.

  M El Fortia, A El Gatit, M Bendaoud, O Eldergash, H Elhamroush, F Elmagberi
  Ultraschall in der Medizin 03/2008; 29(1):1-3. · 2.40 Impact Factor
• Article: Duodenal obstruction secondary to date stone impaction.

  M El Fortia
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  ABSTRACT: The use of non-invasive imaging techniques to rapidly establish diagnosis has always been an attempt in emergency situations. Recent significant advances in imaging technology have changed approach and algorithm of many emergencies. We present a case of swallowed date stone resulting in duodenal obstruction in a 10-year old child. Following the suspicion of a foreign body impaction which caused symptoms of acute intestinal obstruction, the case was diagnosed precisely by conventional sonography. This spared the patient the laparotomy scheduled initially. Instead, endoscopic removal of the date stone was accomplished successfully with smooth recovery.
  Ultraschall in der Medizin 03/2007; 28(1):79-81. · 2.40 Impact Factor
• Article: Ultrasound wall-sign in pulmonary echinococcosis (new application).

  M El Fortia, A El Gatit, M Bendaoud
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  ABSTRACT: We report our experience in diagnosing pulmonary cystic echinococcosis using an ultrasound sign related to the cystic wall. 40 patients with 46 cysts, suspected of pulmonary echinococcosis, based on plain chest radiographs and clinical findings, were examined by ultrasound over a 9-year period (1996 - 2004), and followed up until discharge. We applied our long experience with echinococcal cysts utilising the wall sign (WS) to diagnose pulmonary hydatid disease. All cysts were subject to surgical removal, and postoperative histopathology was the gold standard. There were 34 (74 %) unilocular and 12 (26 %) multivesicular echinococcal cysts. In the univesicular cysts, the WS was found in 20 cases (66.7 %) while it was present in all multivesicular cysts (100 %). Following surgical removal, echinococcosis was confirmed by histopathology in all cases. We conclude that a double layered border in univesicular and double layered internal septum in multivesicular pulmonary echinococcal cysts is a reliable indicator of pulmonary echinococcosis, with a specificity of 66 % and 100 %, respectively.
  Ultraschall in der Medizin 01/2007; 27(6):553-7. · 2.40 Impact Factor