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Imaging the Acute Abdomen Within the Pediatric Population

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The authors propose a clinico-radiologic decision tree approach to solve the problem of a chid with acute abdominal. This approach is based on clinical conditions, age and gamuts of differential diagnosis. The couple US + plain film of the abdomen should solve most of the cases. Ultrasound examinations should be optimized using high resolution transducers with settings, fitted to the child size and weight. The entire abdominal cavity should be examined. In selected cases, CT (dosis fitted to children) and MR imaging provide useful information. Most frequent diagnosis include appendicitis and its mimickers. Once appendicitis and other intestinal diseases are excluded, extra digestive (i.e. gynaecologic diseases) conditions and extra abdominal conditions should be considered (i.e. pneumonia).

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  1. Radiology, Erasme Hospital, Route de Lennik 808, 1070, Brussels, Belgium

    Fred E. Avni & Marie Cassart

  2. Pediatric Imaging, Children’s Hospital Queen Fabiola, Avenue J.J. Crocq 15, 1020, Brussels, Belgium

    Nasroolla Damry

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  1. , Dept of Radiology, Pineta Grande Medical Center, Via Domiziana km 30, Castel Volturno, Caserta, 81030, Italy

    Mariano Scaglione

  2. Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, München, Germany

    Ulrich Linsenmaier

  3. Medical University of Vienna, Austria, Vienna, Austria

    Gerd Schueller

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Avni, F.E., Damry, N., Cassart, M. (2011). Imaging the Acute Abdomen Within the Pediatric Population. In: Scaglione, M., Linsenmaier, U., Schueller, G. (eds) Emergency Radiology of the Abdomen. Medical Radiology(). Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/174_2011_474

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