title: Ultrasonic evaluation of intra-abdominal abscesses.
abstract: This study describes the role of ultrasound in the evaluation of abdominal abscesses in children. A total of 41 abscesses were encountered in 36 patients (21 boys and 15 girls). The youngest patient was 1-month-old. Abscesses were localised at various sites (hepatic, renal, perirenal, paracolic, appendicular, pelvic, psoas, subphrenic, parietal), and of varied sonographic patterns (complex, anechoic, hypoechoic and containing uniform low level echoes). Most of them had irregular walls.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology and Pediatric Surgery, Maulana Azad Medical and Associated Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narain Hospital, New Delhi.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kapoor
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Saha
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Talwar
mesh_terms: D000005:Abdomen / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D000038:Abscess / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008100:Liver Abscess / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008101:Liver Abscess, Amebic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D014463:Ultrasonography