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01-01-2012 | Advances in Fetal and Neonatal Imaging

US assessment of neonatal bowel (necrotizing enterocolitis excluded)

Authors: Corinne Veyrac, Catherine Baud, Olivier Prodhomme, Magali Saguintaah, Alain Couture

Published in: Pediatric Radiology | Special Issue 1/2012

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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.
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Metadata
Title
US assessment of neonatal bowel (necrotizing enterocolitis excluded)
Authors
Corinne Veyrac
Catherine Baud
Olivier Prodhomme
Magali Saguintaah
Alain Couture
Publication date
01-01-2012
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
Pediatric Radiology / Issue Special Issue 1/2012
Print ISSN: 0301-0449
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1998
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00247-011-2173-5

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