Imaging Findings of Gastrointestinal Emergency in Infants and Young Children
Acute abdomen is a condition with sudden abdominal pain that may require immediate surgical treatment. The causes of acute abdomen in pediatric patients are diverse, and can be categorized in broad range from diseases requiring surgery to diseases requiring medication or clinical observation only...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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The Korean Society of Radiology
2020-07-01
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| Series: | 대한영상의학회지 |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.3348/jksr.2020.81.4.794 |
| Summary: | Acute abdomen is a condition with sudden abdominal pain that may require immediate surgical
treatment. The causes of acute abdomen in pediatric patients are diverse, and can be categorized
in broad range from diseases requiring surgery to diseases requiring medication or
clinical observation only. The role of the imaging study in children with acute abdomen is to
distinguish between patients who need medication and patients who need surgery by identifying
diseases that cause abdominal pain, if possible. Since intussusception and appendicitis are
the leading causes of acute abdomen requiring surgical treatment in children, it is important to
exclude intussusception in young infants complaining of acute abdominal pain and exclude
acute appendicitis in older children with acute abdomen. In this paper, we introduce intussusception,
acute appendicitis, midgut volvulus, Meckel’s diverticulum and duplication cyst, which
has characteristic imaging finding of the disease that can cause acute abdomen in pediatric
patients. |
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| ISSN: | 1738-2637 2288-2928 |