Paediatric liver ultrasound: a pictorial essay.
Marco Di SerafinoRosa SeverinoMatilde GioiosoEugenio RossiNorberto VezzaliPiernicola PellicciaMaria Grazia CaprioCiro AcamporaRaffaele IorioGianfrancio VallonePublished in: Journal of ultrasound (2019)
Ultrasound scan is a painless and radiation-free imaging modality and, therefore, it is widely considered the first-choice diagnostic tool in the setting of hepatopathies in paediatric patients. This article focuses on the normal ultrasound anatomy of the liver in neonatal and paediatric age and reviews the ultrasound appearance of the most common diffuse and focal liver affections.
Keyphrases
- magnetic resonance imaging
- intensive care unit
- emergency department
- end stage renal disease
- ultrasound guided
- chronic kidney disease
- contrast enhanced ultrasound
- ejection fraction
- systematic review
- low grade
- peritoneal dialysis
- magnetic resonance
- decision making
- patient reported outcomes
- mass spectrometry
- patient reported