title: [Sonography of the pediatric abdomen: liver and biliary tract].
abstract: Ultrasound is a routine imaging modality that is quite valuable to assess the pediatric abdomen. The objective of this article is to describe the sonographic appearance of the liver and bile ducts in children. Our goal is to emphasize normal variants and specific pediatric diseases, even if some of them may be encountered in adults.
authors.affiliation: Service de Radiologie Pédiatrique, Hôpital Bicêtre, 78, rue du Général Leclerc, 94275 Le Kremlin Bicêtre Cedex.
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authors.lastname: Pariente
mesh_terms: D000005:Abdomen / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D000367:Age Factors; D001660:Biliary Tract Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000453:epidemiology; D018579:Patient Selection; D012016:Reference Values; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D014463:Ultrasonography