Gastrointestinal Tract Sonography in Fetuses and Children

• Main Authors: Couture, Alain (Author), Baud, Catherine (Author), Ferran, Jean Louis (Author), Saguintaah, Magali (Author), Veyrac, Corinne (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2008.
• Series: Medical Radiology, Diagnostic Imaging,
• Subjects: Medicine.; Obstetrics.; Radiology.; Gastroenterology.; Pediatrics.; Medicine & Public Health.; Imaging / Radiology.; Ultrasound.; Obstetrics/Perinatology.

Back cover text Sonography of the gastrointestinal tract in fetuses, neonates and children entails no known biological risk, permits serial scanning and can provide information unobtainable with any other imaging modality. In experienced hands it can be used as the initial imaging technique in a num...

Table of Contents:

• Fetal Gastrointestinal Tract: US and MR
• Ultrasonographic Imaging of the Esophago-Gastric Junction
• Antro-Pyloric Abnormalities
• Bowel Obstruction in Neonates and Children
• Small Bowel Thickening
• Infectious and inflammatory Colitis
• Appendicitis
• Intussusception
• Abnormalities of the Omphalomesenteric Duct. Inguinal Hernias
• Intraperitoneal Masses
• Gastrointestinal Trauma
• Quiz.