title: Sonographically detected thickened small bowel in a case of paediatric Salmonella Typhimurium enteritis.
abstract: Introduction: A five-year-old year old girl developed fever of 40.3° C, vomiting, mild general abdominal pain, followed by bloody diarrhea.Description: Ultrasonography revealed a length of symmetrically thickened terminal ileum, more than 20 cm long, with walls greater than 0.5 cm containing a long narrow lumen < 1 mm wide.Conclusion: Given the difficulty of diagnosing the cause of enteritis in young children, ultrasonography represents a simple, non invasive technique which may demonstrate suggestive mural thickening.
authors.affiliation: University of Western Sydney School of Medicine Penrith New South Wales Australia.
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Whitehall
authors.affiliation: University of Western Sydney School of Medicine Penrith New South Wales Australia.
authors.forename: Mathew
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Edwards
authors.affiliation: University of Western Sydney School of Medicine Penrith New South Wales Australia.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Phan
authors.affiliation: University of Western Sydney School of Medicine Penrith New South Wales Australia.
authors.forename: Aruni
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Thambugala
keywords: enteritis; salmonella; salmonellosis; typhimurium