title: US assessment of neonatal bowel (necrotizing enterocolitis excluded).
abstract: US plays a main role in evaluating neonatal gastrointestinal disorders. The authors describe the US appearance of normal neonatal bowel, midgut volvulus, small bowel atresia, meconium ileus, meconium peritonitis, different meconium plug syndromes, Hirschsprung disease, intestinal duplication cysts, some other abdominal cysts, some intraperitoneal infections, excluding necrotizing enterocolitis, and anorectal anomalies. The use of sonography in the imaging diagnostic strategies of these congenital and acquired anomalies is emphasized.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Radiology, Arnaud de Villeneuve Hospital, Avenue du doyen Gaston Giraud, 34295 Montpellier cedex 5, France. c-veyrac@chu-montpellier.fr
authors.forename: Corinne
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Veyrac
authors.forename: Catherine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Baud
authors.forename: Olivier
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Prodhomme
authors.forename: Magali
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Saguintaah
authors.forename: Alain
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Couture
mesh_terms: D020345:Enterocolitis, Necrotizing / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D007410:Intestinal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000196:embryology*; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal / Q000379:methods*