Controversies in abdominal imaging.
Technologic improvement in ultrasound equipment, together with new clinical information, has altered the imaging of the abdomen in infants. Improvements in ultrasound equipment have allowed this to become the diagnostic test of choice for hypertrophic pyloric stenosis. Barium upper gastrointestinal radiography still remains the diagnostic test of choice for malrotation. New technologies for reduction of intussusception include air reduction and saline enemas with ultrasound monitoring. Controversies surrounding the different technologies and imaging strategies are discussed.
Morrison
S C
SC
Department of Radiology, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
D000005:Abdomen / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000196:embryology; D005315:Fetal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D011860:Radiography, Abdominal; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography