Unique imaging issues in pediatric liver disease.
In many clinical scenarios, liver imaging does not differ as greatly in children as in adults. Common indications for liver imaging in children include trauma, suspected mass, pre-transplantation studies, monitoring after liver transplantation, jaundice, or liver dysfunction. This article highlights areas in which pathology or imaging approach in children differs from that seen in adults. Topics covered include imaging of a suspected hepatic mass, neonatal jaundice, and segmental liver transplantation.
Donnelly
Lane F
LF
Department of Radiology, Children's Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati, College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. Lane.Donnelly@chmcc.org
Bisset
George S
GS
D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007567:Jaundice, Neonatal / Q000175:diagnosis; D008099:Liver / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D016031:Liver Transplantation / Q000379:methods; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography