Neonatal colonic atresia: ultrasound findings.
High resolution real-time ultrasound examination of the abdomen was performed in a neonate with abdominal distention. Dilated distal small bowel and a complex mass in the course of the ascending colon were noted. Ultrasound correctly suggested the diagnosis of mid-colonic atresia with a patent ascending colon twelve hours prior to the radiographic demonstration of gas in the obstructed right colon. The sonogram was also able to accurately exclude the presence of ascites or a renal or hepatic mass as the cause for abdominal distention.
D003106:Colon / Q000002:abnormalities*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007409:Intestinal Atresia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011859:Radiography; D014463:Ultrasonography