Pediatric hepatic imaging.
Common indications for liver imaging in children include trauma, suspected mass, pre-liver transplantation, monitoring after liver transplantation, jaundice, or liver dysfunction. This article highlights areas where the pathology or imaging approach in children differs from that seen in adults. Topics covered include imaging of a suspected hepatic mass, neonatal jaundice, and segmented liver transplantation.
Donnelly
L F
LF
Department of Radiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
Bisset
G S
GS
D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007567:Jaundice, Neonatal / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008099:Liver / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary; D016031:Liver Transplantation; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography