title: Role of Sonography for Evaluation of Gastrointestinal Foreign Bodies.
abstract: Foreign body ingestion is frequently encountered in children. The locations of the foreign bodies and the period during which they have been present in the thorax and abdomen are important for determining the method and timing of treatment. Although plain radiography and computed tomography are primarily used for assessment of foreign bodies, sonography without radiation is also useful for diagnosis of foreign bodies. This report describes 5 cases of foreign bodies in the digestive tract and the usefulness of sonography for real-time evaluation of foreign bodies with high spatial resolution. Physicians can use sonography along with radiography and computed tomography in cases involving foreign bodies.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Saitama Children's Medical Center, Saitama, Japan snowglobe@infoseek.jp.
authors.forename: Takahiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hosokawa
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Yoshitake
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yamada
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Saitama Children's Medical Center, Saitama, Japan.
authors.forename: Yumiko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sato
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Saitama Children's Medical Center, Saitama, Japan.
authors.forename: Yutaka
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tanami
authors.affiliation: Department of General Pediatrics, Saitama Children's Medical Center, Saitama, Japan.
authors.forename: Ryosuke
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Nanbu
authors.affiliation: Department of General Pediatrics, Saitama Children's Medical Center, Saitama, Japan.
authors.forename: Shin-Ichiro
authors.initials: SI
authors.lastname: Hagiwara
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Saitama Children's Medical Center, Saitama, Japan.
authors.forename: Eiji
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Oguma
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004724:Endoscopy; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D041981:Gastrointestinal Tract / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014463:Ultrasonography / Q000379:methods*
keywords: dynamic sonography; foreign material; guidelines; pediatric ultrasound; sonography