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Diagnostic and Interventional Ultrasound in Pediatrics and Pediatric Surgery pp 165–181Cite as

The Pediatric Pelvis

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Ultrasonography has become a high-end diagnostic imaging modality and represents the method of choice in the investigation of the pediatric pelvis. In this chapter, we review the pediatric female pelvis including scanning techniques and normal sonographic appearance of the uterus and ovaries and the specific imaging features at different ages. Pathological conditions are discussed including ambiguous genitalia, uterine malformations, puberty disorders, pelvic masses, ovarian torsion, ovarian cysts, and ovarian neoplasms. We will then review the pediatric urinary bladder using scanning techniques, normal sonographic anatomy, and the different bladder abnormalities including congenital, inflammatory, neuropathic, neoplastic, and posttraumatic conditions.

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  1. Department of Pediatric Radiology, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, 4401 Penn Avenue, 15224, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

    Vincent Lee MD, Stacey Langford MD & Sameh Tadros MD, MSc

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  1. Division of Pediatric General & Thoracic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

    Stefan Scholz

  2. Section of Pediatric Surgery, C.S. Mott Children's Hospital, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA

    Marcus D. Jarboe

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Lee, V., Langford, S., Tadros, S. (2016). The Pediatric Pelvis. In: Scholz, S., Jarboe, M. (eds) Diagnostic and Interventional Ultrasound in Pediatrics and Pediatric Surgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-21699-7_15

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