Esposito Francesco, Di Serafino Marco, Mercogliano Carmela, Ferrara Dolores, Vezzali Norberto, Di Nardo Giovanni, Martemucci Luigi, Vallone Gianfranco, Zeccolini Massimo
Radiology Department, Santobono-Pausilipon Children Hospital, Naples, Italy.
Emergency and General Radiology Department, Antonio Cardarelli Hospital, Naples, Italy.
J Ultrasound. 2019 Dec;22(4):409-422. doi: 10.1007/s40477-018-00355-0. Epub 2019 Feb 13.
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.
通过成像，尤其是超声对胃肠道进行研究，是诊断小儿急性和慢性胃肠道疾病的必要手段。实际上，由于新生儿和小儿患者体型小，腹壁和腹腔内脂肪组织较少，超声在评估他们的胃肠道方面发挥着越来越重要的作用。得益于新型广谱频率探头，超声能够对肠袢的形态学特征和功能特性进行详细研究，为该身体系统的成像增添了新的维度，具有一定优势。在本文中，我们回顾了新生儿和小儿急诊中常见肠道病变的解剖结构、超声技术及超声表现。
