The Pediatric Gastrointestinal Tract: Ultrasound Findings in Acute Diseases

Overview

Journal J Ultrasound

Publisher Springer

Specialty Radiology

Date 2019 Feb 14

PMID 30758808

Citations 14

Authors

Francesco Esposito

Marco Di Serafino

Carmela Mercogliano

Dolores Ferrara

Norberto Vezzali

Giovanni Di Nardo

Luigi Martemucci

Gianfranco Vallone

Massimo Zeccolini

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Abstract

The study of the gastrointestinal tract by imaging, particularly using ultrasound, is a required instrument for diagnosis of acute and chronic gastrointestinal pathologies in pediatric age. Actually, ultrasound plays an increasing role in the evaluation of gastrointestinal tract in neonatal and pediatric patients because of their small body habitus and the presence of less fat tissue in the abdominal wall and peritoneal cavity. Ultrasound has certain advantages, thanks to the new wide-spectrum frequency probes able to assess a detailed study of the morphological aspects and functional characteristics of bowel loops, adding a new dimension to the imaging of this body system. In this paper, we review anatomy, ultrasound technique and sonographic findings of bowel pathology frequently encountered in neonatal and pediatric emergency setting.

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