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European Society of Paediatric Radiology Abdominal Imaging Task Force recommendations in paediatric uroradiology, part X: how to perform paediatric gastrointestinal ultrasonography, use gadolinium as a contrast agent in children, follow up paediatric testicular microlithiasis, and an update on paediatric contrast-enhanced ultrasound

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At the European Society of Paediatric Radiology (ESPR) annual meeting 2017 in Davos, Switzerland, the ESPR Abdominal (gastrointestinal and genitourinary) Imaging Task Force set out to complete the suggestions for paediatric abdominal imaging and its procedural recommendations. Some final topics were addressed including how to perform paediatric gastrointestinal ultrasonography. Based on the recent approval of ultrasound (US) contrast agents for paediatric use, important aspects of paediatric contrast-enhanced US were revisited. Additionally, the recent developments concerning the use and possible brain deposition of gadolinium as a magnetic resonance imaging contrast agent were presented. The recommendations for paediatric use were reissued after considering all available evidence. Recent insights on the incidence of neoplastic lesions in children with testicular microlithiasis were discussed and led to a slightly altered recommendation.

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  1. Department of Radiology, Division of Pediatric Radiology, University Hospital LKH Graz, Auenbruggerplatz 34, A-8036, Graz, Austria

    Michael Riccabona

  2. Department of Radiology, Hospital de Santa Maria-CHLN, University Hospital, Lisbon, Portugal

    M. Luisa Lobo

  3. Department of Radiology, University Hospital of North Norway, Tromsø, Norway

    Thomas A. Augdal

  4. Department of Pediatric Radiology, Jeanne de Flandre Hospital, CHRU de Lille, Lille Cedex, France

    Fred Avni

  5. Department of Radiology, Golisano Children’s Hospital, Rochester, NY, USA

    Johan Blickman

  6. Department of Radiology, AOUI, Verona, Italy

    Costanza Bruno

  7. Department of Radiology, G. Gaslini Institute, Genoa, Italy

    M. Beatrice Damasio

  8. Department of Radiology, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA

    Kassa Darge

  9. Section of Pediatric Radiology, Institute of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital, Jena, Germany

    Hans-Joachim Mentzel

  10. Department of Paediatric Radiology and Neuroradiology, V. Buzzi Children’s Hospital, Milan, Italy

    Marcello Napolitano

  11. Department of Radiology, Poole Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Poole, UK

    Aikaterini Ntoulia

  12. Pediatric Ultrasound Center, Thessaloniki, Greece

    Frederica Papadopoulou

  13. Hôpital Timone Enfants, Service d’Imagerie Pédiatrique et Prénatale, Marseille, France

    Philippe Petit

  14. Department of Pediatric Radiology, Medical University of Lublin, Lublin, Poland

    Magdalena M. Woźniak

  15. Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Unit for Paediatric Radiology, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway

    Lil-Sofie Ording-Müller

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H.-J. Mentzel has received funding from Bayer Schering for studies on Magnevist and Gadovist in children. No further disclosures. M Riccabona has recieved support from Bracco for Symposia on childhood CEUS.

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Riccabona, M., Lobo, M.L., Augdal, T.A. et al. European Society of Paediatric Radiology Abdominal Imaging Task Force recommendations in paediatric uroradiology, part X: how to perform paediatric gastrointestinal ultrasonography, use gadolinium as a contrast agent in children, follow up paediatric testicular microlithiasis, and an update on paediatric contrast-enhanced ultrasound. Pediatr Radiol 48, 1528–1536 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00247-018-4147-3

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