title: [Sonography of the pediatric abdomen: pancreas and spleen].
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 pancreas and spleen 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 d'imagerie pédiatrique et foetale, Hôpital Debrousse, 29, rue Soeur Bouvier, 69322 Lyon Cedex 05.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Guibaud
mesh_terms: D000005:Abdomen / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D010182:Pancreatic Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000453:epidemiology; D018579:Patient Selection; D012016:Reference Values; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013158:Splenic Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000453:epidemiology; D014463:Ultrasonography