title: [Color Doppler ultrasonic measurements of normal mesenteric lymph nodes in healthy children].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess the value of color Doppler ultrasound in evaluating the mesenteric lymph nodes in healthy children.
  
  
  METHODS
  The mesenteric lymph nodes were examined with color Doppler ultrasonography for 730 randomly selected healthy children under 14 years of age, including 410 boys and 298 girls who did not report any recent medical conditions.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Abdominal lymph node detection rate was higher in boys than in girls. Abdominal lymph nodes were detected most often in children between the ages of 1 and 4 years, and the lymph node size decreased gradually with age.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Color Doppler ultrasonography is valuable for evaluating abdominal lymph nodes in children.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ultrasound, Second Affiliated Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang 050000, China. wangwengang3107@126.com
authors.forename: Wen-Gang
authors.initials: WG
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Hui
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tian
authors.forename: Ji-Ying
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Yan
authors.forename: Tao
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Tong-di
authors.initials: TD
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Ya-Pei
authors.initials: YP
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Li-Yan
authors.initials: LY
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Heng-Guo
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: Xing
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D008643:Mesentery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D018615:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color