US assessment of neonatal bowel (necrotizing enterocolitis excluded)

Pediatr Radiol. 2012 Jan:42 Suppl 1:S107-14. doi: 10.1007/s00247-011-2173-5. Epub 2012 Mar 6.

Abstract

US plays a main role in evaluating neonatal gastrointestinal disorders. The authors describe the US appearance of normal neonatal bowel, midgut volvulus, small bowel atresia, meconium ileus, meconium peritonitis, different meconium plug syndromes, Hirschsprung disease, intestinal duplication cysts, some other abdominal cysts, some intraperitoneal infections, excluding necrotizing enterocolitis, and anorectal anomalies. The use of sonography in the imaging diagnostic strategies of these congenital and acquired anomalies is emphasized.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Enterocolitis, Necrotizing / diagnostic imaging
  • Humans
  • Intestinal Diseases / diagnostic imaging*
  • Intestinal Diseases / embryology*
  • Ultrasonography, Prenatal / methods*