title: [Radiation lesions of the digestive tube after irradiation of the abdomen in children: radiological appearances (author's transl)].
abstract: The contribution of radiological examinations to the evaluation of radiation lesions of the digestive tube in 17 children is discussed. The lesions observed were stenosis, submucous infiltration, and mesenteritis from vasculitis. Ali the patients had been treated with high irradiation doses varying from 3,000 to 5,500 rads. Clinical manifestations appeared after intervals of from 2 months to 13 years, but the anatomical lesions seemed to occur early and to show little change once they were established. Except when an acute occlusion was present, radiological examination consisted of a barium meal and follow through, able to demonstrate anomalies in the folds, stenosis, dilatation, or thickening and matting of the intestinal loops.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic / Q000209:etiology; D004064:Digestive System / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000528:radiation effects*; D004066:Digestive System Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D011832:Radiation Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011860:Radiography, Abdominal; D012189:Retrospective Studies
vernacular_title: Lésions radiques du tube digestif de l'enfant après irradiation de l'abdomen. Aspects radiologiques.