Woman suffered from abdominal pain – In the health fund, a rare and life -threatening condition was diagnosed

64-year-old Dina (pseudonym), a nurse by profession, arrived at the Maccabi Health Services Day’s hospitalization for a Haifa Health Services, due to complaints about abdominal pain. After an initial test, it was referred to the upper abdominal ultrasound.During the test, Anat Miraowski, director of the focus institute, noticed a suspicious find in the upper right area of ​​the stomach. “It looks like a bowel of the intestine, so I decided to expand the gut ultrasound test, with the aim of examining the unconventional finding,” she says.

 

During the obvious expansion, there was a concern that it was indeed a growth or other severe pathological process, and the test was transferred to Dr. Tatiana Ox, a radiologist in Maccabi Health Services. “I noticed that she suffers from” Intussusception) – it is an unusual and dangerous phenomenon caused when some of the intestine slides into a part of it.

 

During the hospitalization, the diagnosis was approved that the appendix grew and penetrated into the small intestine and caused the perceptual. Dina underwent surgery for some of the small intestine, and is now in recovery.

“Unusual and dangerous phenomenon”

“Fortunately for the patient, she was quickly and accurately diagnosed with what can be saved,” says Dr. Ox. Adults are usually required for the affected part, especially when there is a suspicion of malignancy. In this case, the surgery saved the patient’s life and I am happy about it. ”

It makes it clear that in severe cases, a necrosis may require urgent surgical intervention. “This is why such a situation must be diagnosed quickly. The ultrasound technician’s decision to expand the test beyond the planned in the interpretation saved the patient’s life.

“I could do the scan exactly according to the guidelines and move to the next patient, but something about my gut told me to continue to check,” Mirowski says. “As technicians, we have a responsibility that is beyond the technical affairs, and I’m glad the story ends well.”